流水不腐，戶樞不蠹

See also: 流水不腐，户枢不蠹 and 流水不腐，戶樞不蠧

Chinese

		Flowing water is never stale; A rolling stone gathers no moss		A door hinge never gets plagued by worms; a rolling stone gathers no moss
trad. (流水不腐，戶樞不蠹)		流水不腐	，	戶樞不蠹
simp. (流水不腐，户枢不蠹)		流水不腐	，	户枢不蠹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liúshuǐbùfǔ, hùshūbùdù

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ , ㄏㄨˋ ㄕㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lau⁴ seoi² bat¹ fu⁶, wu⁶ syu¹ bat¹ dou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liúshuǐbùfǔ, hùshūbùdù [Phonetic: liúshuǐbùfǔ, hùshūbúdù]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄈㄨˇ , ㄏㄨˋ ㄕㄨ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lióushuěibùfǔ, hùshubùdù
    • Wade–Giles: liu²-shui³-pu⁴-fu³, hu⁴-shu¹-pu⁴-tu⁴
    • Yale: lyóu-shwěi-bù-fǔ-, hù-shū-bù-dù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lioushoeibufuu, huhshubuduh
    • Palladius: люшуйбуфу, хушубуду (ljušujbufu, xušubudu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯oʊ̯³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ fu²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu⁵¹ ʂu⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ tu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lau⁴ seoi² bat¹ fu⁶, wu⁶ syu¹ bat¹ dou³
    • Yale: làuh séui bāt fuh, wuh syū bāt dou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lau⁴ soey² bat⁷ fu⁶, wu⁶ sy¹ bat⁷ dou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: leo⁴ sêu² bed¹ fu⁶, wu⁶ xu¹ bed¹ dou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐu̯²¹ sɵy̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ fuː²² wuː²² syː⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ tou̯³³/

Idiom

流水不腐，戶樞不蠹

1. Flowing water is never stale and a moving door hinge never gets rusty
2. (figuratively) A rolling stone gathers no moss
3. (figuratively) Things in frequent use are not easily eroded, and can remain energetic.