Keep your head above water
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǎ ngzh ī m í g ā o, which means the more you look up, the more noble you feel. It shows great respect. It comes from Confucius' Analects of Confucius in pre Qin period.
The origin of Idioms
In the Analects of Confucius, Zi Han: "Yan Yuan sighed and said," if you look up to the top, if you drill down to the top, if you look forward to it, if you suddenly look back, you will be good and attractive. I want to learn from others in writing and ask them to be polite. I can't help but exhaust my talents. If I have something to do, I will not be able to do it. "
Idiom usage
Contraction; as object and clause; with commendatory meaning
Chinese PinYin : yǎng zhī mí gāo
Keep your head above water
discard the old ways of life in favour of the new. gé gù dǐng xīn
in the beginning of the heaven and the earth genesis. hóng méng chū pì
Blame the family and the creditors. yuàn jiā zhài zhǔ