上善若水

shàng shàn ruò shuǐ

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Definitions

  1. 1. the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the \Book of Dao\ 道德經|道德经[dào dé jīng])

Child Words of 上善若水

善
shàn

good (virtuous)

水
shuǐ

water

若
ruò

to seem

上
shàng

on top