Keep your head above water
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǎ ngzh ī m í g ā o, which means the more you look up, the more noble you feel. It shows great respect. It comes from Confucius' Analects of Confucius in pre Qin period.
The origin of Idioms
In the Analects of Confucius, Zi Han: "Yan Yuan sighed and said," if you look up to the top, if you drill down to the top, if you look forward to it, if you suddenly look back, you will be good and attractive. I want to learn from others in writing and ask them to be polite. I can't help but exhaust my talents. If I have something to do, I will not be able to do it. "
Idiom usage
Contraction; as object and clause; with commendatory meaning
Keep your head above water
Be generous in correcting mistakes - gǎi guò bù lìn
one 's mind settles as still water - xīn rú zhǐ shuǐ