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近水楼台

jìn shuǐ lóu tái

4-character word Traditional 近水樓臺

What 近水楼台 means

1. lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor

The characters in 近水楼台

• 近jìnnear; close to; approximately
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水
• 楼lóuhouse with more than 1 story; storied building; floor
• 台tái(classical) you (in letters); variant of 台

Words starting with 近水楼台

• 近水楼台先得月jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuèthe pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom)…