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Chengyu Series - Like a fish in water

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ID: 4510 Elementary
Chengyu are Chinese idioms that consist of four characters. In this Chengyu series, we will introduce simple Chengyu made up with all the characters that you already knew, and you can infer the actual meaning by looking at the separate characters! In this lesson, let’s take a look at the Chengyu with Water in them!
Joe,Joy
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
如鱼得水 rúyúdéshuǐ like a fish back in water (idiom)
车水马龙 chēshuǐmǎlóng endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom), hustle and bustle
幸运 xìngyùn fortunate; lucky; fortune
遇到 yùdào to meet; to run into; to come across
如鱼得水
rúyúdéshuǐ 如鱼得水
Like a fish in water.
Joe在KTV如鱼得水因为他很会唱歌
Joezài 在 KTVrúyúdéshuǐ 如鱼得水yīnwèi 因为tā 他hěn 很huì 会chànggē 唱歌
Joe takes to KTV like a duck to water because he's good at singing.
老板很喜欢他所以他在公司如鱼得水
lǎobǎn 老板hěn 很xǐhuan 喜欢tā 他suǒyǐ 所以tā 他zài 在gōngsī 公司rúyúdéshuǐ 如鱼得水
The boss likes him a lot so he is doing quite well in the company.
有你的帮忙我真是如鱼得水
yǒu 有nǐ 你de 的bāngmáng 帮忙wǒ 我zhēnshi 真是rúyúdéshuǐ 如鱼得水
With your help, I'm like a fish in water.
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