水
涨
船
高

The tide rises, the boat floats (idiom) in Chinese: 水涨船高 (shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo)

shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo

the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom)

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 水漲船高1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend
  2. 2to develop according to the situation

Stroke order

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水
涨
船
高

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄕㄨㄟˇ

shuǐ

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

ㄓㄤˇ

zhǎng

ㄓ/ zhㄤ/ angˇ/ third tone

ㄔㄨㄢˊ

chuán

ㄔ/ chㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˊ/ second tone

ㄍㄠ

gāo

ㄍ/ gㄠ/ ao—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

水涨船高

Simplified

水漲船高

Traditional

Example sentences

See 水涨船高 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 公司发展了，员工的收入也水涨船高。

    gōng sī fā zhǎn le， yuán gōng de shōu rù yě shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo。

    As the company grows, employees' incomes rise along with it.

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Related words

水

shuǐ

water

船

chuán

boat

高

gāo

high

涨

zhǎng

to rise (of prices, rivers)

高兴

gāo xìng

happy

水果

shuǐ guǒ

fruit

水平

shuǐ píng

level (of achievement etc)

提高

tí gāo

to raise

高级

gāo jí

high level

高档

gāo dàng

superior quality

高速

gāo sù

high speed

划船

huá chuán

to row a boat

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