河水不犯井水
Traditional form:
河水不犯井水
Pinyin (reading):
héshuǐbùfànjǐngshuǐ
Definitions:
- lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom); Do not interfere with one another.
- Mind your own business.
Characters:
- 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 犯 - criminal; to violate, to commit a crime
- 井 - well, mine shaft, pit
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
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