自古水长流 Flow of water since ancient times uses flowing water as metaphor

Relation Nicknames

流水十年 [liú shuĭ shí nián]
A Decade Like Running Water uses flowing water as a metaphor for time passing quickly and smoothly ...
逝水年华 [shì shuĭ nián huá]
The literal meaning is flowing water time This idiom refers to the passage of time suggesting reminiscence ...
逝水流年 [shì shuĭ liú nián]
Literally meaning flowing water and passing years symbolizes memories or time flown by like water ...
似水浮流年 [sì shuĭ fú liú nián]
It means the flowing years are like floating water The user may wish for the gentleness of flowing ...
独念流年似水 [dú niàn liú nián sì shuĭ]
The user reflects on time flowing by like water often with feelings of nostalgia or the fleeting nature ...
岁月长流 [suì yuè zhăng liú]
The Longflowing Stream of Years It symbolizes the constant flow or passage of time This name implies ...
彼时流年若水 [bĭ shí liú nián ruò shuĭ]
At that time the flow of years feels like flowing water a phrase evoking the transient yet constant ...
流水已逝的苍年流光微风已散的素年未逝 [liú shuĭ yĭ shì de cāng nián liú guāng wēi fēng yĭ sàn de sù nián wèi shì]
Translates to Flowing water and passing years scattered by light breezes It is poetic language reflecting ...
往日如水日如溪 [wăng rì rú shuĭ rì rú xī]
Past days are like water flowing calmly like a stream This metaphorically portrays past days as smooth ...