Hǎi zhī suǒyǐ néng zhuāng nàme duō shuǐ,
海 之 所以 能 装 那么 多 水，
shì yīnwèi tā de wèizhi zuì dī — zuò rén yào dīdiào.
是 因为 它 的 位置 最 低——做 人 要 低调。
The reason the sea can hold so much water is because it keeps the lowest position. —Keep a low profile.
—From “李开复 (Lǐ Kāifù) Li Kaifu,” former President, Google China.
Learn Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary:
海 (hǎi): n. sea
水 (shuǐ): n. water
位置 (wèizhi): n. position
“河” is the Chinese characters for river, “湖” is the Chinese words for lake.
“河水” which means “river water.”
I learned the Mandarin Chinese word “海” from this article. How about the Chinese characters for “river” and “lake?”