What does 水涨船高 mean in Chinese?
水涨船高 (shuǐzhǎng-chuángāo) means the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
水涨船高
the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend
IN A VIDEO水涨船高
See this word with its surrounding sentence, pinyin, translation, and timestamp.
DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend
02
to develop according to the situation
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Usage notes and example sentences are hand-written, so they exist for only a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 水涨船高
How do you pronounce 水涨船高?
水涨船高 is pronounced shuǐzhǎng-chuángāo.
Is 水涨船高 an HSK word?
水涨船高 is on the HSK 7-9 list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
SEE IT IN CONTEXT
Upload a videoTurn your own Chinese video into a searchable learning file.
Keep English optional, place pinyin above Hanzi, and export subtitles named after your video.