細水長流

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)		細	水	長	流
simp. (细水长流)		细	水	长	流
Literally: “a trickle lasts a long time”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìshuǐchángliú

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ seoi² coeng⁴ lau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xìshuǐchángliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihshoeicharngliou
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ seoi² coeng⁴ lau⁴
  - Yale: sai séui chèuhng làuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ soey² tsoeng⁴ lau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ sêu² cêng⁴ leo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ sɵy̯³⁵ t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹ lɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

細水長流

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

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