吃水不忘掘井人

chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén

Dictionary entry

Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)

What does 吃水不忘掘井人 mean?

吃水不忘掘井人 (chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén) has the following dictionary meaning.

1Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)

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吃chīto eat; to consume · to eat at (a cafeteria etc)水Shuǐsurname Shui · Shui ethnic group 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-忘wàngto forget · to overlook 掘juéto dig 井JǐngJing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy · surname Jing 人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]

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chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén

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