常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋 常在河邊走，哪有不濕鞋
cháng zài hé biān zǒu , nǎ yǒu bù shī xié
Meaning
a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb); (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)
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常chángcommon, general, normal; always, frequently, regularly尚巾在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense才土河hériver, stream; the Yellow river氵可边biānborder, edge, margin, side辶力走zǒuto walk, to run, to flee土止哪nǎwhich? where? how?口那有yǒuto have, to own, to possess; to exist月不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一湿shīwet, moist, humid, damp; illness氵显鞋xiéshoes, footwear in general革圭