船通水,人通理船通水,人通理船通水,人通理

a boat needs water to pass, a person needs reason

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Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: A boat moves only on water, and a person gets on in the world by being reasonable and sensible. Approving advice.

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Simplified: 船通水,人通理
Pinyin: chuán tōngshuǐ,rén tōng lǐ
Bopomofo: ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄊㄨㄥㄕㄨㄟˇ,ㄖㄣˊ ㄊㄨㄥㄌㄧˇ

Written with HSK 6 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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