借水推船
jiè​shuǐ​tuī​chuán

to use water to push a boat

  • created reference approved 借水推船 → 借水行舟 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    借水推船 jiè​shuǐ​tuī​chuán

    借水行舟 jiè​shuǐ​xíng​zhōu

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  • created reference approved 借水推船 → 借风使船/借風使船 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    借水推船 jiè​shuǐ​tuī​chuán

    借风使船 / 借風使船 jiè​fēng​shǐ​chuán

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  • created reference approved 借水推船 → 借风驶船/借風駛船 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    借水推船 jiè​shuǐ​tuī​chuán

    借风驶船 / 借風駛船 jiè​fēng​shǐ​chuán

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  • created sense approved 借水推船 · jiè​shuǐ​tuī​chuán · to use water to push a boat — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    借水推船

    jiè​shuǐ​tuī​chuán

    to use water to push a boat

    to take advantage of external circumstances or help from others to achieve one's goal; to go with the flow to get what one wants

    借 (literal) → 借 · jiè · to make use of 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water 推 (literal) → 推 · tuī · to push 船 (literal) → 船 · chuán · boat

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