知者樂水
zhì​zhě​yào​shuǐ

the wise find joy in water

  • created sense approved 知者乐水/知者樂水 · zhì​zhě​yào​shuǐ · the wise find joy in water — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    知者乐水 / 知者樂水

    zhì​zhě​yào​shuǐ

    the wise find joy in water

    a person of wisdom enjoys the active and ever-flowing nature of water; part of a classic Confucian proverb regarding the different natures of wisdom and benevolence

    知 (literal) → 知 · zhì · wisdom 者 (bound) → 者 · zhě · -er 乐 (literal) → 乐/樂 · yào · to enjoy 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water

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

    created sense