have no contact with each other(shuǐ mǐ wú gàn)

have no contact with each other

Shui Mi Wu Gan is a Chinese idiom. Its pinyin is Shu ǐ m ǐ w ú g à n, which means that there is no economic contact with each other. In the old days, it meant that officials were clean and honest. From "I'm from Yangzhou" by Zhu Ziqing.

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: water and vegetable, water and fire, water and rice

The origin of Idioms

Zhu Ziqing's I'm from Yangzhou: "although I know more about Shanghai than Shaoxing, Shaoxing is my ancestral home. Shanghai has nothing to do with me."

Idiom explanation

There is no economic contact with each other. In the old days, it meant that officials were clean and honest. They have no relationship with each other.

Chinese PinYin : shuǐ mǐ wú gàn