枕石漱流 — Chinese idiom
枕石漱流
zhěn shí shù liú
Meaning
- to live a hermit's life (in seclusion)
- a frugal life
Character by character
- 枕zhěnpillow
- 石shístone, rock, mineral
- 漱shùto gargle, to rinse; to wash, to scour
- 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class
Idioms sharing a character
- 寝苫枕块 qǐn shān zhěn kuài
- 曲肱而枕 qū gōng ér zhěn
- 枕冷衾寒 zhěn lěng qīn hán
- 枕戈寝甲 zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ
- 枕戈待旦 zhěn gē dài dàn
- 高枕无忧 gāo zhěn wú yōu
- 一石二鸟 yī shí èr niǎo
- 以卵击石 yǐ luǎn jī shí
- 坚如磐石 jiān rú pán shí
- 安如磐石 ān rú pán shí
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