水心あれば魚心

Reading

Kana: みずごころあればうおごころ

Romaji: mizugokoroarebauogokoro

Definition

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1

if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too; mutual back-scratching

Note: idiomatic expression

See also: 魚心あれば水心

Kanji

水

Readings: スイ、 みず、 みず-

Meaning: water

心

Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ

Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

魚

Readings: ギョ、 うお、 さかな、 -ざかな

Meaning: fish