Extended reading:
Interpretation of related idioms:
water-tight
Shuo Wen Jie Zi
It is very crowded or tightly surrounded, as if even water can't escape.
Trying to stop any attack.
[Shule T ǔ Yang]
When the flood comes, block it with soil. Metaphorically speaking, when the enemy attacks, he leads troops to resist.
Quiet and beautiful ponds and Woods
[talking in a dream]
Water: pool water and stream water; Wood: flowers and trees; Qing: quiet; Hua: Beautiful and glorious. Refers to the beautiful landscape of the garden.
Mix like water and milk-in perfect harmony
[Shu rǔ jiāo róng]
Water and milk are mixed together, indicating that the relationship is very harmonious or closely combined.
Beautiful but fleeting dream
[ shuǐ yuè jìng huā ]
The moon in the water is a flower in the mirror. Metaphor is illusory.
Sand quantity
[Voice of Speech]
He also said that he would catch the moon in the water. Metaphor is that one thing can't be done at all, and it's in vain. Huang Songting's poem "Qinyuanchun": "Flowers in the mirror, the moon in the water, looking forward to Iraq for no reason."
After the flood season, the water level drops and the river flows into the river.
"Come and go"
After the flood season, the water level drops and the river flows into the river.
Water fights the mountain to the end, and there is no way ahead.
[Shuǐqióng shān jn]
Both water and mountains have come to an end, and there is no road ahead.