流水不腐，戶樞不蠹

流水不腐，戶樞不蠹

See also: 流水不腐，户枢不蠹 and 流水不腐，戶樞不蠧

Chinese

		Flowing water is never stale; A rolling stone gathers no moss		A moving door hinge never gets rusty
trad. (流水不腐，戶樞不蠹)		流水不腐	，	戶樞不蠹
simp. (流水不腐，户枢不蠹)		流水不腐	，	户枢不蠹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúshuǐbùfǔ, hùshūbúdù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ, ㄏㄨˋ ㄕㄨ ㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ seoi² bat¹ fu⁶ ，wu⁶ syu¹ bat¹ dou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: liúshuǐbùfǔ, hùshūbúdù
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ, ㄏㄨˋ ㄕㄨ ㄅㄨˊ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushoeibufuu, huhshubuduh
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióushuěibùfǔ, hùshubúdù
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ljoʊ̯³⁵ ʂweɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ pu⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ xu⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵ pu³⁵ tu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ seoi² bat¹ fu⁶ ，wu⁶ syu¹ bat¹ dou³
    • Yale: làuh séui bāt fuh ，wuh syū bāt dou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ soey² bat⁷ fu⁶ ，wu⁶ sy¹ bat⁷ dou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ sêu² bed¹ fu⁶ ，wu⁶ xu¹ bed¹ dou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ fuː²² wuː²² ʃyː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³³/

Idiom

流水不腐，戶樞不蠹

1. Flowing water is never stale and a moving door hinge never gets rusty
2. (figuratively) A rolling stone gathers no moss
3. (figuratively) Things in frequent use are not easily eroded, and can remain energetic.