Qiāo bīng, shuǐ yě dòng; dǎshuǐ, yú tóutòng.

敲冰水也動, 打水魚頭痛。

Lit [When one] breaks the ice, the water [beneath will] also move; [when one] draws water, the fish [will get] headaches.

Fig There are interconnections between things which mutually influence one another.

Note [Rhyme; note: dǎshuǐ, (lit) “to hit water,” means “to draw water.”]

Topics dǎshuǐ INFLUENCES INTERCONNECTIONS INTERDEPENDENCE rhyme WATER