饮流怀源 — Chinese idiom
饮流怀源
yǐn liú huái yuán
Traditional: 飲流懷源
Meaning
- lit. when you drink water, think of its source ; gratitude for blessings and their well-spring
- Don't forget where your happiness come from.
- Be grateful for all your blessings!
Character by character
- 饮yǐnto swallow, to drink; a kind of drink
- 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class
- 怀huáibosom, breast; to carry in one's bosom
- 源yuánspring; source, root, head; surname
Idioms sharing a character
- 一饮而尽 yī yǐn ér jìn
- 狂饮暴食 kuáng yǐn bào shí
- 饮恨吞声 yǐn hèn tūn shēng
- 饮水思源 yǐn shuǐ sī yuán
- 饮鸩止渴 yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě
- 付之东流 fù zhī dōng liú
- 口碑流传 kǒu bēi liú chuán
- 同流合污 tóng liú hé wū
- 对答如流 duì dá rú liú
- 屁滚尿流 pì gǔn niào liú
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