近水楼台 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. a pavilion near the water ; fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor

Character by character

• 近jìnto approach; near, close; intimate
• 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
• 楼lóumulti-story building; floor
• 台táiplatform; unit; term of address

Idioms sharing a character

• 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng
• 平易近人 píng yì jìn rén
• 急功近利 jí gōng jìn lì
• 言近旨远 yán jìn zhǐ yuǎn
• 贵远贱近 guì yuǎn jiàn jìn
• 近在咫尺 jìn zài zhǐ chǐ
• 近朱近墨 jìn zhū jìn mò
• 远近皆知 yuǎn jìn jiē zhī
• 一清如水 yī qīng rú shuǐ
• 似水年华 sì shuǐ nián huá

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