Read Edit View history 水清无鱼 shuǐqīngwúyú don't ask for perfection Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 水清无鱼 水清無魚 shuǐqīngwúyú don't ask for perfection literally 'water that is too clean has no fish'; used to suggest that one who is overly critical or strict will have no friends or followers Frequency Written text 0.018 per million Cross-References Variant of 水至清则无鱼 shuǐzhìqīngzéwúyú Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
水清无鱼 水清無魚 shuǐqīngwúyú don't ask for perfection literally 'water that is too clean has no fish'; used to suggest that one who is overly critical or strict will have no friends or followers Frequency Written text 0.018 per million Cross-References Variant of 水至清则无鱼 shuǐzhìqīngzéwúyú Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)