近水楼台先得月

jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè

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คำจำกัดความ

1. the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom)
2. to benefit from intimacy with an influential person

คำย่อยของ 近水楼台先得月

• 先 先 xiān: early
• 得 得 dé: to obtain
• 得 得 de: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
• 得 得 děi: to have to
• 月 月 yuè: moon
• 楼 楼 lóu: house with more than 1 story
• 台 台 tái: desk; table; counter
• 水 水 shuǐ: water
• 近 近 jìn: near
• 楼台 楼台 lóu tái: (dialect) balcony
• 近水楼台 近水楼台 jìn shuǐ lóu tái: lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor