如魚得水

Chinese

		as (if); such as	fish	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to	water; river
trad. (如魚得水)		如	魚	得	水
simp. (如鱼得水)		如	鱼	得	水
Literally: “like a fish in water”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): rúyúdéshuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄩˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁴ jyu⁴ dak¹ seoi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: rúyúdéshuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄩˊ ㄉㄜˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: rúyúdéshuěi
  - Wade–Giles: ju²-yü²-tê²-shui³
  - Yale: rú-yú-dé-shwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruyudershoei
  - Palladius: жуюйдэшуй (žujujdɛšuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ y³⁵ tɤ³⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁴ jyu⁴ dak¹ seoi²
  - Yale: yùh yùh dāk séui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁴ jy⁴ dak⁷ soey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁴ yu⁴ deg¹ sêu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²¹ jyː²¹ tɐk̚⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Idiom

如魚得水

making someone even stronger

Synonyms

如虎添翼 (rúhǔtiānyì)

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