水涨船高 — Chinese idiom
水涨船高
shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo
Traditional: 水漲船高
Meaning
- the tide rises, the boat floats ; fig. to change with the overall trend
- to develop according to the situation
Character by character
- 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
- 涨zhǎngflood tide; to rise in price
- 船chuánship, boat, vessel
- 高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated
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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