人往高处走，水往低处流

Traditional form:

人往高處走，水往低處流

Pinyin (reading):

rénwǎnggāochùzǒu,shuǐwǎngdīchùliú

Definitions:

• man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
• one should constantly strive to make progress

Characters:

• 人 - man, person; people
• 往 - to go, to depart; past, former
• 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
• 处 - to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
• 走 - to walk, to run, to flee
• 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
• 往 - to go, to depart; past, former
• 低 - low; to lower, to hang; to bend, to bow
• 处 - to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
• 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class

Traditional characters:

• 人 - man, person; people
• 往 - to go, to depart; past, former
• 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
• 處 - to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
• 走 - to walk, to run, to flee
• 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
• 往 - to go, to depart; past, former
• 低 - low; to lower, to hang; to bend, to bow
• 處 - to reside at, to live in; place, locale; department
• 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class