吃水不忘掘井人 in English chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2 Meaning

Meanings

• Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiomatic expression)

Pinyin

chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

吃chi1to eat 水shui3surname Shui 不bu4(negative prefix) 忘wang4to forget 掘jue2to dig 井jing3Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy 人ren2man