| 付之东流 |
fù zhī dōng liú |
to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably |
| 付 |
Fù |
surname Fu |
| 付 |
fù |
to pay / to hand over to / classifier for pairs or sets of things |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 东 |
Dōng |
surname Dong |
| 东 |
dōng |
east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord |
| 流 |
liú |
to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade |