| 君子之交淡如水 |
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ |
a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子) |
| 君 |
jūn |
monarch / lord / gentleman / ruler |
| 君子 |
jūn zǐ |
nobleman / person of noble character |
| 君子之交 |
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo |
friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子) |
| 子 |
zǐ |
son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat / viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north) / subsidiary; subordinate; (prefix) sub- |
| 子 |
zi |
(noun suffix) |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 交 |
jiāo |
to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of 跤 |
| 淡 |
dàn |
insipid / diluted / weak / mild / light in color / tasteless / indifferent / (variant of 氮) nitrogen |
| 如 |
rú |
as / as if / such as |
| 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 |