上善若水
shàng shàn ruò shuǐshangshanruoshui
- the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1])
shàng shàn ruò shuǐshangshanruoshui
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