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细水长流

xì shuǐ cháng liú

4-character word Traditional 細水長流

What 细水长流 means

1. lit. thin streams flow forever
2. fig. economy will get you a long way
3. to work steadily at something little by little

The characters in 细水长流

• 细xìthin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 长chánglong; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte
• 流liúto flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread