水至清则无鱼 shuǐzhìqīngzéwúyú if the water is too clear, there will be no fish Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 水至清则无鱼 水至清則無魚 shuǐzhìqīngzéwúyú if the water is too clear, there will be no fish If water is too clean, fish cannot survive; used as a metaphor to suggest that being overly strict or faultfinding will alienate others and leave one without followers or friends. Frequency Written text 0.175 per million Cross-References Same as 水清无鱼 shuǐqīngwúyú Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
水至清则无鱼 水至清則無魚 shuǐzhìqīngzéwúyú if the water is too clear, there will be no fish If water is too clean, fish cannot survive; used as a metaphor to suggest that being overly strict or faultfinding will alienate others and leave one without followers or friends. Frequency Written text 0.175 per million Cross-References Same as 水清无鱼 shuǐqīngwúyú Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
