近水楼台 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 近水樓臺 jìnshuǐlóutái ㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄡˊ ㄊㄞˊ lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom) fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor Character by character 近(jìn)near 水(shuǐ)surname Shui 楼(lóu)surname Lou 台(tái)Taiwan Words with 近水楼台 Starting with 近水楼台 近水楼台先得月 A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0