流水不腐，戶樞不蠹

See also: 流水不腐，户枢不蠹 and 流水不腐，戶樞不蠧

Chinese

		Flowing water is never stale; A rolling stone gathers no moss		A moving door hinge never gets rusty
trad. (流水不腐，戶樞不蠹)		流水不腐	，	戶樞不蠹
simp. (流水不腐，户枢不蠹)		流水不腐	，	户枢不蠹

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liúshuǐbùfǔ, hùshūbúdù

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ, ㄏㄨˋ ㄕㄨㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ seoi² bat¹ fu⁶ ，wu⁶ syu¹ bat¹ dou³

流水不腐，戶樞不蠹

Flowing water is never stale and a moving door hinge never gets rusty
(figuratively) A rolling stone gathers no moss
(figuratively) Things in frequent use are not easily eroded, and can remain energetic.

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