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Keep your head above water

Time: 2022-01-31 07:49:55 Author: ChinaWiki.net

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


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