趁流水

趁流水

Chinese

		avail oneself of; take advantage of	flowing water; something flowing rapidly, continually or irreversibly like water
simp. and trad. (趁流水)		趁	流水

Pronunciation

• Min Nan (POJ): thàn-lâu-chúi

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• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thàn-lâu-chúi
    • Tâi-lô: thàn-lâu-tsuí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tarnlauzuie
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ laʊ²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰan²¹⁻⁵³ laʊ²⁴⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰan²¹⁻⁵³ laʊ¹³⁻²² t͡sui⁵³/

Verb

趁流水

1. (Min Nan, literally) to take advantage of the rising sea tide to act promptly
2. (Min Nan, figuratively) to take advantage of an opportunity while one still can