如鱼得水
rú​yú​dé​shuǐ

like a fish back in water

  • created reference approved 如鱼得水/如魚得水 → 犹鱼得水/猶魚得水 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    如鱼得水 / 如魚得水 rú​yú​dé​shuǐ

    犹鱼得水 / 猶魚得水 yóu​yú​dé​shuǐ

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 如鱼得水/如魚得水 · rú​yú​dé​shuǐ · like a fish back in water — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    如鱼得水 / 如魚得水

    rú​yú​dé​shuǐ

    like a fish back in water

    (idiom) in one's element; to be in a situation or with a person that is perfectly suited to one's interests, temperament, or development

    如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish 得 (literal) → 得 · dé · to get 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water

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

    created sense