Definition & Meaning

1.running water is never stale and a door-hinge is never worm-eaten

2.thing in use rots not

Vocabulary

liú shuǐ bù fǔ hù shū bù dù

流 水 不 腐 户 枢 不 蠹

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1
running water is never stale and a door-hinge is never worm-eaten
2
thing in use rots not

Vocabulary of 流水不腐，户枢不蠹

不
[hsk1]not; used to reply in the negative
腐
[hsk6]become rotten/putrid; stale
流水
running water; turnover
蠹
moth; worm-eaten
户枢
door hinge

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