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常在河邊走，哪有不濕鞋
简 常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋 · 繁 常在河邊走，哪有不濕鞋Mandarin · pinyin cháng zài hé biān zǒu , nǎ yǒu bù shī xié
Meanings
- a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb)
- (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)
Characters in this entry
- 常
- cháng · common, normal, frequent, regular
- 在
- zài · be at, in, on; consist in, rest
- 河
- hé · river; stream; the Yellow River
- 邊
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- 走
- zǒu · walk, go on foot; run; leave; Kangxi radical 156
- 哪
- nǎ · which? where? how?
- 有
- yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
- 不
- bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 濕
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- 鞋
- xié · shoes, footwear in general
- 边
- biān · edge, margin, side, border
- 湿
- shī · wet, moist, humid, damp; illness
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