常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋

Traditional form:

常在河邊走，哪有不濕鞋

Pinyin (reading):

chángzàihébiānzǒu,nǎyǒubùshīxié

Definitions:

• a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb)
• (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)

Characters:

• 常 - common, general, normal; always, frequently, regularly
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
• 边 - border, edge, margin, side
• 走 - to walk, to run, to flee
• 哪 - which? where? how?
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 湿 - wet, moist, humid, damp; illness
• 鞋 - shoes, footwear in general

Traditional characters:

• 常 - common, general, normal; always, frequently, regularly
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
• 邊 - border, edge, margin, side
• 走 - to walk, to run, to flee
• 哪 - which? where? how?
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 濕 - wet, moist, humid, damp; illness
• 鞋 - shoes, footwear in general