水落归槽 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• spilt water returns to the trough ; fig. people remember where they belong

Character by character

• 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
• 落luòto fall, to drop; surplus, net income
• 归guīto return, to go back; to return to, to revert
• 槽cáotrough, manger; vat, tank; distillery

Idioms sharing a character

• 一清如水 yī qīng rú shuǐ
• 似水年华 sì shuǐ nián huá
• 出水芙蓉 chū shuǐ fú róng
• 如鱼得水 rú yú dé shuǐ
• 山明水秀 shān míng shuǐ xiù
• 山清水秀 shān qīng shuǐ xiù
• 山穷水尽 shān qióng shuǐ jìn
• 山长水远 shān cháng shuǐ yuǎn
• 山高水长 shān gāo shuǐ cháng
• 山高水险 shān gāo shuǐ xiǎn

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