汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 細水長流
xì shuǐ cháng liú
細水長流 (细水长流)
lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little
It is a metaphor for economical use of property, so that it is often not lacking / It is also a metaphor of doing something without interruption bit by bit
節約 節省 樸素 刻苦 儉朴 節儉 省吃儉用 節衣縮食
大手大腳
①比喻循序渐进，持续不断地做细水长流，持之以恒，才能学好一门技能｜爸爸，您身体不好，要劳逸结合，细水长流，才能做更多的事。②比喻节省使用财物，保持长期不缺量入为出，细水长流｜勤俭节约，细水长流。
细 (細) xì 水 shuǐ 长 (長) zhǎng/cháng 流 liú
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

看起来她用钱细水长流。

She seems to make her money go a long way.

不用举手之劳，轻轻一踏，细水长流。

Set Free Your Hands, just a step for water out.

不求爱情波涛汹涌。只求细水长流的小幸福。

No love is choppy. But for the small happiness of maintenance.

那是因为我只想与你看我们细水长流。

That is because I want to see us with you water out.

白发苍苍各自去看场细水长流与着谁拥抱离去。

Gray hairs in their respective go see a water out and who embrace leave.

产品才能在细水长流中展现历久弥新的经典魅力。

Thus, little by little, the product can shows its charms that will never fade without a letup.

风淡云轻，细水长流何止君子之交，爱情不也是如此，才叫落花流水，天上人间？

The wind light cloud light, water out far more than the gentleman, love is not so, is out of the water, made in heaven?

这几乎不算秘密了：历史上大多数真正的天才都这样做，安安静静，气定神闲，细水长流。

This is how most of the real geniuses throughout history went about their work. Quietly, slowly, calmly, persistently.

更多地须臾长叹：细水长流终须止，天长地久有尽时，不再相信有什么东西是永垂不朽的。

More moment of time, water out eventually must stop, forever all, no longer believe that anything is immortal.

Subtitled Videos