借水行舟 jièshuǐxíngzhōu to use others to achieve one's aims Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 借水行舟 jièshuǐxíngzhōu to use others to achieve one's aims to sail a boat by using the current; to take advantage of outside help or someone else's influence to reach one's goals Frequency Written text 0.010 per million Cross-References Variant of 借水推船 jièshuǐtuīchuán借风使船 jièfēngshǐchuán借风驶船 jièfēngshǐchuán Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
借水行舟 jièshuǐxíngzhōu to use others to achieve one's aims to sail a boat by using the current; to take advantage of outside help or someone else's influence to reach one's goals Frequency Written text 0.010 per million Cross-References Variant of 借水推船 jièshuǐtuīchuán借风使船 jièfēngshǐchuán借风驶船 jièfēngshǐchuán Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
