常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋
Traditional: 常在河邊走，哪有不濕鞋Dictionary entry
a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb)
What does 常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋 mean?
常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋 (cháng zài hé biān zǒu , nǎ yǒu bù shī xié) has the following dictionary meaning.
1a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb)
2(fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)
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常Chángsurname Chang在zàito exist; to be alive · (of sb or sth) to be (located) at河hériver (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]) · (bound form) the Yellow River边biānside · edge走zǒuto walk · to go哪nǎhow · which有yǒuto have; there is · (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-
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