细水长流

lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little

length / long / forever / always / constantly

chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance

surname Shui

water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade

thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal