水清无鱼
水清无鱼
shuǐ qīng wú yú
lit. water that is too clean holds no fish (idiom); fig. one who is too severe has no friends
idiom
Traditional: 水清無魚
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- (idiom) lit. water that is too clean holds no fish (idiom)
- fig. one who is too severe has no friends
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Related Words
水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒(shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú , rén zhì chá zé wú tú)· water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends (idiom)
→一清如水(yī qīng rú shuǐ)· lit. as clear as water (idiom)
→五常(wǔ cháng)· five constant virtues of Confucianism, namely: benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信
→奇缺(qí quē)· very short of (food, clean water etc)
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