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如鱼得水

rú yú dé shuǐ

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Definitions

  1. 1. like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings

Child Words of 如鱼得水

得
de

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

水
shuǐ

water

得
děi

to have to

如
rú

as

鱼
yú

fish

得
dé

to obtain