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近水楼台先得月
jìn shuǐ lóu tái xiān dé yuè
What 近水楼台先得月 means
- the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom)
- to benefit from intimacy with an influential person
The characters in 近水楼台先得月
- 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
- 先xiānbeforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
- 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…
- 月yuèmoon; month; monthly
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