常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋
cháng​zài​hé​biān​zǒu​nǎ​yǒu​bù​shī​xié

it comes with the territory

  • created sense approved 常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋/常在河邊走，哪有不濕鞋 · cháng​zài​hé​biān​zǒu​nǎ​yǒu​bù​shī​xié · it comes with the territory — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋 / 常在河邊走，哪有不濕鞋

    cháng​zài​hé​biān​zǒu​nǎ​yǒu​bù​shī​xié

    it comes with the territory

    Literally "if you often walk by the riverside, your shoes are bound to get wet"; a proverb meaning that if you stay in a risky or tempting environment, you will eventually be affected or get into trouble.

    常 (literal) → 常 · cháng · often 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · [location/time] 河边 (literal) → 河边/河邊 · hé​biān · riverside 走 (literal) → 走 · zǒu · to walk ， (non_chinese) 哪有 (literal) → 哪有 · nǎ​yǒu · how can there be 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 湿 (literal) → 湿/濕 · shī · wet 鞋 (literal) → 鞋 · xié · shoe

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