付之流水 fùzhīliúshuǐ to go down the drain Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 付 fù verb to hand over to hand over to; to entrust; to commit to之 zhī pronoun it Used only in the object position to refer to a person or thing already mentioned, meaning "him", "her", "it", or "them".流水 liúshuǐ verb running water flowing or running water