上善若水
Traditional form:
上善若水
Pinyin (reading):
shàngshànruòshuǐ
Definitions:
- the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經／道德经 ( Dàodéjīng))
Characters:
- 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous
- 善 - good, virtuous, charitable, kind
- 若 - if, supposing, assuming; similar
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
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