饮水思源 — Chinese idiom
饮水思源
yǐn shuǐ sī yuán
Traditional: 飲水思源
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
- 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
- 思sīto think, to ponder, to consider; final particle
- 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
- 饮流怀源 yǐn liú huái yuán
- 饮鸩止渴 yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě
- 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
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