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水涨船高

shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 水漲船高

水涨船高 (shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo) means "the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend; to develop according to the situation". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 水涨船高 means

1. the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend
2. to develop according to the situation

The characters in 水涨船高

• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 涨zhǎngto rise (of prices, rivers)
• 船chuánboat; vessel; ship
• 高gāohigh; tall; above average

Example sentences

• 新竹市区的房价因为科技产业聚集而水涨船高。
  Housing prices in Hsinchu City have risen sharply due to the concentration of the tech industry.

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