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君子之交淡如水

jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ

7-character word

What 君子之交淡如水 means

1. a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi {庄子|Zhuāng zǐ})

The characters in 君子之交淡如水

• 君jūnmonarch; lord; gentleman
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 交jiāoto hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends…
• 淡dàninsipid; diluted; weak
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水