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Home / Idiom / 一潭死水

a pool of stagnant water · stagnant or listless condition

一潭死水
yī tán sǐ shuǐ
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
(idiom) immutable; impervious to change; set in stone一成不变yī chéng bù biànstuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas · stagnating and conservative故步自封gù bù zì fēng(idiom) to continue in the same old rut · diehard conservative attitudes因循守旧yīn xún shǒu jiù
Antonyms
(of a writer's style) forceful and flowing · (of a river) rush down a thousand li · flow down vigorously一泻千里yī xiè qiān lǐlit. (like) ten thousand horses galloping (idiom) · fig. going full steam ahead万马奔腾wàn mǎ bēn ténglit. dragon soaring and tiger leaping (idiom) · fig. prosperous and bustling; vigorous and active龙腾虎跃lóng téng hǔ yuè
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