流水不腐

Chinese

		flowing water; something flowing rapidly, continually or irreversibly like water	not; no	decay; rotten
simp. and trad. (流水不腐)		流水	不	腐

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): liúshuǐbùfǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ seoi² bat¹ fu⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: liúshuǐbùfǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushoeibufuu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: lióushuěibùfǔ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljoʊ̯³⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lau⁴ seoi² bat¹ fu⁶
  - Yale: làuh séui bāt fuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ soey² bat⁷ fu⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ sêu² bed¹ fu⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ fuː²²/

Idiom

流水不腐

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

Synonyms

流水不腐，戶樞不蠹／流水不腐，户枢不蠹 (liúshuǐbùfǔ, hùshūbúdù)
戶樞不蠹／户枢不蠹 (hùshūbúdù)

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