从善如流
cóng​shàn​rú​liú

to follow good advice readily

  • created sense approved 从善如流/從善如流 · cóng​shàn​rú​liú · to follow good advice readily — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    从善如流 / 從善如流

    cóng​shàn​rú​liú

    to follow good advice readily

    (idiom) to accept good advice or suggestions as easily as water flows downwards; to be willing to listen to and adopt others' correct views

    从善 (literal) → 从善/從善 · cóng​shàn · to follow what is good 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 流 (literal) → 流 · liú · to flow

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense