fù zhī dōng liúdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
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Original source entry:

付之東流 付之东流 [fu4 zhi1 dong1 liu2] /to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably/

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