大水冲了龙王庙 in English da4 shui3 chong1 le5 Long2 wang2 miao4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiomatic expression)
  • metaphorically to fail to recognize a familiar person
  • a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other

Simplified Characters

大 水 冲 了 龙 王 庙

Traditional Characters

大 水 沖 了 龍 王 廟

Pinyin

da4 shui3 chong1 le5 Long2 wang2 miao4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

大da4big 水shui3surname Shui 冲chong1(of water) to dash against 了le5(completed action marker) 龙long2surname Long 王wang2surname Wang 庙miao4temple