細水長流

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Chinese

fine; minutely; thin
fine; minutely; thin; slender
 
water; river
long; length; forever
long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop
 
to flow; to spread; to circulate
to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move
 
trad. (細水長流)
simp. (细水长流)
Literally: “a trickle lasts a long time”.

Pronunciation


Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 細水長流

  1. economize to avoid running short; work steadily at something little by little