君子之交淡如水 in English jun1 zi3 zhi1 jiao1 dan4 ru2 shui3 Meaning

Meanings

  • a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiomatic expression, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3])

Simplified Characters

君 子 之 交 淡 如 水

Traditional Characters

君 子 之 交 淡 如 水

Pinyin

jun1 zi3 zhi1 jiao1 dan4 ru2 shui3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

君jun1monarch 子zi5son 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 交jiao1to hand over 淡dan4insipid 如ru2as 水shui3surname Shui