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| Processed by: | richwarm (2020-09-15 11:39:00 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 66971 - submitted by 'pzelchenko' >> Used in: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzA5OTMxMTUzMw==&mid=2657123248&idx=1&sn=988e712e89980496fed357780925072b Description: https://zhidao.baidu.com/question/1899727822727669940.html -------------------------------------- Editor: thanks, a good one to have it is said that 水主財 (water signifies wealth), hence the figurative meaning of this expression 風吹起，水面泛起波瀾。形容事情做得興旺蓬勃有生氣。 例 「這家公司，自從年初更換總經理，業績如風生水起，蒸蒸日上」。 https://www.moedict.tw/~%E9%A2%A8%E7%94%9F%E6%B0%B4%E8%B5%B7 風生水起好運來，水主財，養一缸魚，也就成為許多業主的習慣。 Since water is the Chinese element that indicates wealth, many business people like to keep fish tanks. 自清朝光緒年間建港，基隆港一躍成為台灣第一商港，憑依港務而生的各式買賣風生水起， With the expansion of the harbor during the reign of the Qing emperor Guangxu, Keelung became Taiwan’s leading commercial port. The city thrives on all sorts of commerce born of the wind and water. |
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# 風生水起 风生水起 [feng1 sheng1 shui3 qi3] /Lit. "The wind lifts from the water, the water rises (to great waves)" To be off and running/To succeed/ + 風生水起 风生水起 [feng1 sheng1 shui3 qi3] /lit. a breeze creates waves (idiom)/fig. flourishing/thriving/prosperous/ |