水清无鱼 shuǐqīngwúyú don't ask for perfection Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 水清无鱼 水清無魚 shuǐqīngwúyú don't ask for perfection literally 'water that is too clean has no fish'; used to suggest that one who is overly critical or strict will have no friends or followers Frequency Written text 0.018 per million Cross-References Variant of 水至清则无鱼 shuǐzhìqīngzéwúyú Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
水清无鱼 水清無魚 shuǐqīngwúyú don't ask for perfection literally 'water that is too clean has no fish'; used to suggest that one who is overly critical or strict will have no friends or followers Frequency Written text 0.018 per million Cross-References Variant of 水至清则无鱼 shuǐzhìqīngzéwúyú Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
