行云流水 — Chinese idiom
行云流水
xíng yún liú shuǐ
Traditional: 行雲流水
Meaning
- lit. moving clouds and flowing water
- fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc
- natural and unforced
Character by character
- 行xíngto go, to walk, to move; professional
- 云yúncloud; to say, to speak
- 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class
- 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
Idioms sharing a character
- 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng
- 一目十行 yī mù shí háng
- 一言一行 yī yán yī xíng
- 三思而行 sān sī ér xíng
- 上行下效 shàng xíng xià xiào
- 不虚此行 bù xū cǐ xíng
- 事怕行家 shì pà háng jiā
- 令行禁止 lìng xíng jìn zhǐ
- 倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī
- 功完行满 gōng wán xíng mǎn
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