上善若水

shàng shàn ruò shuǐ

Definitions

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])

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Child Words of 上善若水

good (virtuous)

water

to seem

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