East and West
The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d à ngli ú x à sh à ng, which means that water flows to the East and people go to the West. It refers to people's yearning for their hometown. From the book of the later Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowu Ji.
The idiom comes from "the book of the later Wei Dynasty, the record of emperor Xiaowu": "Yu Wentai sent Zhao Guiliang, the governor of Dadu, to ride two thousand horses to meet him. The emperor said to the emperor, "this water flows to the East, but if I go up to the west, if I have to pay attention to Luoyang temple, it's a great achievement for me." The emperor and his left and right sides were crying
East and West
be prepared for danger in times of peace - jū ān sī wēi
allow oneself to be seized without putting up a fight - shù shǒu jiù qín
when one drinks water , one must not forget where it comes from - yǐn shuǐ sī yuán
win a noble position for oneself and for one 's wife and leave it to one 's posterity - fēng qī yìn zǐ