细水长流
Traditional form:
細水長流
Pinyin (reading):
xìshuǐchángliú
Definitions:
- lit. thin streams flow forever
- fig. economy will get you a long way
- to work steadily at something little by little
Characters:
- 细 - fine, detailed; slender, thin
- 水 - water, liquid, lotion, juice
- 长 - long, lasting; to excel in
- 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
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