君子之交淡如水

jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ

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1. a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ])

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Child Words of 君子之交淡如水

• 之 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 君子 君子 jūn zǐ: nobleman
• 如 如 rú: as
• 子 子 zǐ: son
• 水 水 shuǐ: water
• 君 君 jūn: monarch
• 君子之交 君子之交 jūn zǐ zhī jiāo: friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[zhuāng zǐ])
• 交 交 jiāo: to hand over
• 淡 淡 dàn: insipid