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Ultimate Goodness of Water

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shàng shàn ruò shuǐ

上善若水 is a quote that is sometimes presented as “Be like water.”

However, this is an ancient quote from the great philosopher Lao Tzu. It suggests that the ultimate goodness and purity (in the world) is water. Many take this as a suggestion to be like pure/good water.

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若水 is part of a very old saying from Lao Tzu.

In these two characters, there is a suggestion to be like water. The full phrase is about the goodness and purity of water. So, when this suggests being like water, it is actually a suggestion to be a good person (one who does not dishonor himself/herself, etc.).

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xiàng shuǐ yí yàng

像水一樣 is a short quote from a much longer statement by Bruce Lee.

He summarized how people should be flexible to all circumstances, attacks, or situations. In the end, he exclaims, “Be like water, my friend.” 像水一樣 is the “Be like water” part alone since that seems to be what most people want.

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
水 see styles	shuǐ shui3 shui yoshimi よしみ	More info & calligraphy: Water water; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 會水\|会水[hui4 shui3] and 水性[shui3 xing4]); (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy; (bound form) additional cost; extra income; classifier for washings of a garment (1) (See 湯・ゆ・1) water (esp. cool or cold); (2) fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; (3) flood; floodwaters; (4) {sumo} (See 力水) water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; (5) {sumo} (See 水入り) break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout; (female given name) Yoshimi water; liquid.
永 see styles	yǒng yong3 yung hisashi ひさし	More info & calligraphy: Eternity / Forever forever; always; perpetual (pref,suf) long; (adj-na,n,adj-no) eternity; perpetuity; immortality; (given name) Hisashi Perpetual, eternal, everlasting (like the unceasing flow of water).
泡 see styles	pào pao4 p`ao pao hō あわ	More info & calligraphy: Paoa bubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to loiter; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions bubble; foam; froth; head on beer A bubble, a blister; to infuse.
清 see styles	qīng qing1 ch`ing ching seiji / seji せいじ	More info & calligraphy: Clarity (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) (hist) Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty; (personal name) Seiji
潘 see styles	pān pan1 p`an pan fuan ふあん	More info & calligraphy: Phan (archaic) water in which rice has been washed; (Tw) kitchen waste; food scraps (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [phun]) (surname) Fuan
五大 see styles	wǔ dà wu3 da4 wu ta godai ごだい	More info & calligraphy: Godai / Five Elements (1) {Buddh} (See 五行・ごぎょう・1) the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void); (2) (abbreviation) {Buddh} (See 五大明王) five great wisdom kings; (surname) Godai The five elements— earth, water, fire, wind, and space. v. also 五行 the five agents. In the esoteric cult the five are the physical manifestation, or garbhadhātu, v. 胎; as being in all phenomena they are called 五輪 the five evolvers; their phonetic embryos 種子 are those of the Five Dhyani-Buddhas of the five directions, v. 五佛.
五行 see styles	wǔ xíng wu3 xing2 wu hsing gogyou / gogyo ごぎょう	More info & calligraphy: Five Elements five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 (1) (See 五大・ごだい・1) the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing; (2) {Buddh} five practices of the Bodhisattvas; (3) (See 六信五行) the five pillars of Islam; (surname, given name) Gogyou The five lines of conduct. I. According to the 起信論 Awakening of Faith they are almsgiving; keeping the commandments; patience under insult; zeal or progress; meditation. II. According to the 涅槃經 Nirvana Sutra they are saintly or bodhisattva deeds; arhat, or noble deeds; deva deeds; children's deeds (i. e. normal good deeds of men, devas, and Hinayanists); sickness conditions, e. g. illness, delusion, etc.; — into all these lines of conduct and conditions a Bodhisattva enters. III. The five elements, or tanmātra— wood, fire, earth, metal, and water; or earth, water, ire, air, and ether (or space) as taught by the later Mahāyāna philosophy; idem 五大.
四大 see styles	sì dà si4 da4 ssu ta shidai しだい	More info & calligraphy: Shidai / Sida / Mahabhuta the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放\|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論\|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報\|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC) (1) {Buddh} the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind); (2) the human body; (3) Tao, heaven, earth and king mahābhūta, 四界; 四大界. The four elements of which all things are made; or the four realms; i. e. earth, water, fire, and wind (or air); they represent 堅, 濕, 煖, and 動 solid, liquid, heat, and motion; motion produces and maintains life. As 實 active or formative forces they are styled 四界 (四大界) ; as 假 passive or material objects they are 四大; but the 成實論 Satyasiddhi śāstra disputes the 實 and recognizes only the 假.
毒蛇 see styles	dú shé du2 she2 tu she dokuja; dokuhebi どくじゃ; どくへび	More info & calligraphy: Viper viper venomous snake; poisonous snake A poisonous snake.; Poisonous snakes, the four elements of the body— earth, water, fire, wind (or air)— which harm a man by their variation, i. e. increase and decrease. Also, gold.
水牛 see styles	shuǐ niú shui3 niu2 shui niu zungyou / zungyo ずんぎょう	More info & calligraphy: Water Ox/Bull water buffalo (1) water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis); domestic Asian water buffalo; (2) wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee); Asian water buffalo; (place-name) Zungyou
水球 see styles	shuǐ qiú shui3 qiu2 shui ch`iu shui chiu suikyuu / suikyu すいきゅう	More info & calligraphy: Water Polo water polo water polo
水蛇 see styles	shuǐ shé shui3 she2 shui she	More info & calligraphy: Water Snake water snake
水馬水马 see styles	shuǐ mǎ shui3 ma3 shui ma mizuma みずま	More info & calligraphy: Water Horse water-filled barrier crossing water with a horse; (surname) Mizuma
水龍水龙 see styles	shuǐ lóng shui3 long2 shui lung	More info & calligraphy: Water Dragon hose; pipe; fire hose; (botany) water primrose (Jussiaea repens)
癸卯 see styles	guǐ mǎo gui3 mao3 kuei mao mizunotou; kibou / mizunoto; kibo みずのとう; きぼう	More info & calligraphy: Year Of The Water Rabbit fortieth year J4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1963 or 2023 (See 干支・1) Water Rabbit (40th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1963, 2023, 2083)
若水 see styles	wakamizu わかみず	More info & calligraphy: Be Like Water first water drawn from a well on New Year's Day; (place-name, surname) Wakamizu
雲水云水 see styles	yún shuǐ yun2 shui3 yün shui unsui うんすい	More info & calligraphy: Unsui (1) itinerant priest; wandering monk; mendicant; (2) clouds and water; (given name) Unsui 雲兄水弟; 雲衲; 雲納 Homeless or roaming monks.
風水风水 see styles	fēng shuǐ feng1 shui3 feng shui fumi ふみ	More info & calligraphy: Feng Shui feng shui; geomancy (1) feng shui; fengshui; (2) wind and water; (female given name) Fumi geomancy
風輪风轮 see styles	fēng lún feng1 lun2 feng lun	More info & calligraphy: Wind Wheel The wheel, or circle, of wind below the circle of water and metal on which the earth rests; the circle of wind rests on space.
からん see styles	garan ガラン	からん Custom Scroll (rare) (See 蛇口) water outlet (dut: kraan); tap; faucet; (personal name) Galland; Garang
弁財天 see styles	benzaiten べんざいてん	More info & calligraphy: Benzaiten (Buddhist term) Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water; (place-name) Benzaiten
水瓶座 see styles	shuǐ píng zuò shui3 ping2 zuo4 shui p`ing tso shui ping tso mizugameza みずがめざ	More info & calligraphy: Aquarius Zodiac Symbol / Sign Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac) Aquarius (constellation); the Water Carrier; the Water Bearer; (personal name) Mizugameza
阿修羅阿修罗 see styles	ā xiū luó a1 xiu1 luo2 a hsiu lo ashura あしゅら	More info & calligraphy: Frightful Demon / Asura Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology {Buddh} Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology; (female given name) Ashura asura, 修羅 originally meaning a spirit, spirits, or even the gods, it generally indicates titanic demons, enemies of the gods, with whom, especially Indra, they wage constant war. They are defined as 'not devas', and 'ugly', and 'without wine'. Other forms are 阿須羅 (or 阿蘇羅, or 阿素羅); 阿修倫 (or羅須倫 or 阿修輪 or 羅須輪); 阿素洛; 阿差. Four classes are named according to their manner of rebirth-egg, born, womb-born, transformation-born, and spawn- or water-born. Their abode is in the ocean, north of Sumeru, but certain of the weaker dwell in a western mountain cave. They have realms, rulers, and palaces, as have the devas. The 阿修羅道 is one of the six gatis, or ways of reincarnation. The 修羅場 or 修羅巷 is the battlefield of the asuras against Indra. The 阿修羅琴 are their harps.
上善若水 see styles	shàng shàn ruò shuǐ shang4 shan4 ruo4 shui3 shang shan jo shui	More info & calligraphy: Ultimate Goodness of Water the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經\|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1])
四大元素 see styles	yondaigenso よんだいげんそ	More info & calligraphy: Earth Fire Water Air the four classical chemical elements (fire, earth, air and water)
地水火風地水火风 see styles	dì shuǐ huǒ fēng di4 shui3 huo3 feng1 ti shui huo feng chisuikafuu; jisuikafuu / chisuikafu; jisuikafu ちすいかふう; じすいかふう	More info & calligraphy: Four Elements {Buddh} earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements) earth, water, fire, wind
杯水車薪杯水车薪 see styles	bēi shuǐ chē xīn bei1 shui3 che1 xin1 pei shui ch`e hsin pei shui che hsin	More info & calligraphy: Put out a burning wood cart with a cup of water lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
沈魚落雁沉鱼落雁 see styles	chén yú luò yàn chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4 ch`en yü lo yen chen yü lo yen chingyorakugan ちんぎょらくがん	More info & calligraphy: Beautiful Woman Proverb variant of 沉魚落雁\|沉鱼落雁[chen2 yu2 luo4 yan4] (yoji) charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame
滴水穿石 see styles	dī shuǐ chuān shí di1 shui3 chuan1 shi2 ti shui ch`uan shih ti shui chuan shih	More info & calligraphy: Dripping Water Penetrates Stone dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success; You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up.; Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
鏡花水月镜花水月 see styles	jìng huā shuǐ yuè jing4 hua1 shui3 yue4 ching hua shui yüeh kyoukasuigetsu / kyokasuigetsu きょうかすいげつ	More info & calligraphy: Flower in the Mirror, Moon on Water lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom); fig. an unrealistic rosy view; viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles; also written 水月鏡花\|水月镜花 (yoji) flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Ultimate Goodness of Water	上善若水		shàng shàn ruò shuǐ shang4 shan4 ruo4 shui3 shang shan ruo shui shangshanruoshui	shang shan jo shui shangshanjoshui
Be Like Water	若水		ruò shuǐ / ruo4 shui3 / ruo shui / ruoshui	jo shui / joshui
Be Like Water	像水一樣		xiàng shuǐ yí yàng xiang4 shui3 yi2 yang4 xiang shui yi yang xiangshuiyiyang	hsiang shui i yang hsiangshuiiyang

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