江水不犯河水
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to keep to oneself and not interfere with each other
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to mind one's own business
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Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now
- Literally
- big-river water doesn't encroach on river water
- Meaning
- A variant of the usual 井水不犯河水: each side keeps to itself and does not interfere with the other.
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