to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
trad. 付之東流
Also written 付之東流【fù zhī dōng liú】
Characters in this word
4付
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surname Fu
- Pinyin
- Fù
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 2328 of 2500
之
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]), him, her, it
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 475 of 2500
东
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surname Dong
- Pinyin
- Dōng
- Traditional
- 東
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 5663 of 2500
流
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to flow, to disseminate, to circulate or spread, to move or drift, to degenerate, to banish or send into exile, stream of water or sth resembling one, class, rate or grade
- Pinyin
- liú
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 5508 of 2500