| 吃水不忘掘井人 |
chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén |
Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom) |
| 吃 |
chī |
to eat; to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate; to destroy / to absorb / to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc) |
| 吃 |
chī |
variant of 吃 |
| 吃水 |
chī shuǐ |
drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship) |
| 水 |
Shuǐ |
surname Shui |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 忘 |
wàng |
to forget / to overlook / to neglect |
| 掘 |
jué |
to dig |
| 井 |
Jǐng |
Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / surname Jing |
| 井 |
jǐng |
a well / CL:口 / neat / orderly |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位 |