高山流水
Chinese edit
high mountain; Takayama | flowing water; something flowing rapidly, continually or irreversibly like water | ||
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trad. (高山流水) | 高山 | 流水 | |
simp. #(高山流水) | 高山 | 流水 | |
Literally: “high mountains and flowing water”. |
Etymology edit
From the friendship story of Bo Ya and Zhong Ziqi, recorded in the book Liezi. See Bo Ya on Wikipedia for more.
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
高山流水