汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 高山流水
高山流水
referring to the harsh reality that talent and ability can rarely meet people who can really appreciate them
Metaphorical confidant or confidant / It is also a metaphor for the exquisite music
gāo shān liú shuǐ
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

于是呢他就在这块大石头上啊支起了琴架,弹奏起高山流水的曲子。

Therefore, he set up his zither on this stone and played the "High Mountain and Flowing Water" tune.

在建筑界,鲜有驰名世界的机构能携手共谱高山流水,因为这是王不见王的时代。

In the construction industry, rarely can world famous institutions can work together to share the mountains and rivers, because this is the era of Kings not seeing Kings.

过了三年,我在一荒凉的小山上,在流水旁,独自一人在弹奏古琴。弹奏着同样的一首《高山流水》。

I was sitting on a desolate mountain near the pure water, playing the guqin alone, and playing the same song High Mountains and Running water.

浙江筝曲《高山流水》(改编版)是一首在中国筝曲中流传很广,并且具有一定代表性的乐曲。

Zhejiang Zheng song "High Mountain and Flowing Water" (revised version)spreads far and wide through the Chinese Guzheng musics and is also a piece of fairly typical music.

历经了近十年的爱情印证,我们所理解的爱不再是海誓山盟和大喜大悲,而是生活中的高山流水,是轻风细雨,是每日每日你归来的脚步,是我手下烫洗干净的衣裤和在外面采撷的一把野草,是平淡又平淡的日日月月。

It is your footstep towards home, the clothes I have just washed clean and a handful of wild grass I just picked from the outside. It is also our ordinary life in every day and night.