水涨船高 meaning in English
the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend; to develop according to the situation
Meaning of 水涨船高
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
shuǐzhǎngchuángāo
- the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend
- to develop according to the situation
水涨船高 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
新竹市区的房价因为科技产业聚集而水涨船高。
Housing prices in Hsinchu City have risen sharply due to the concentration of the tech industry.
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水 shuǐ · water · 4 strokes
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涨 zhǎng · to rise · 10 strokes
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船 chuán · boat · 11 strokes
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高 gāo · high · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 水涨船高.
| 高兴 | gāoxìng | happy; glad |
| 水果 | shuǐguǒ | fruit |
| 高中 | gāozhōng | senior high school (abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gao1 ji2 zhong1 xue2]) |
| 提高 | tígāo | to raise; to increase |
| 高级 | gāojí | high level; high grade |
| 水平 | shuǐpíng | horizontal; level; a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 药水 | yàoshuǐ | medicine in liquid form; bottled medicine |
| 高速公路 | gāosù gōnglù | expressway; highway; freeway |
| 高速 | gāosù | high speed; expressway (abbr. for 高速公路[gao1 su4 gong1 lu4]) |
| 划船 | huáchuán | to row a boat; rowing; boating |
| 凉水 | liángshuǐ | cool water; unboiled water |
| 跳高 | tiàogāo | (athletics) high jump |
Questions about 水涨船高
What does 水涨船高 mean?
水涨船高 (shuǐzhǎng-chuángāo) means "the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend; to develop according to the situation".
How do you write 水涨船高?
水涨船高 is made of 4 characters: 水 (4 strokes), 涨 (10 strokes), 船 (11 strokes), 高 (10 strokes). That is 35 strokes in total.
Is 水涨船高 an HSK word?
Yes. 水涨船高 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 水涨船高 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 水涨船高 is written 水漲船高.