近水楼台先得月

the pavilion closest to the water enjoys moonlight first (idiom) / to benefit from intimacy with an influential person

to obtain / to get / to gain / to catch (a disease) / proper / suitable / proud / contented / to allow / to permit / ready / finished

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

to have to / must / ought to / to need to

early / prior / former / in advance / first

moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]

surname Shui

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

(classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺|台[tai2]

desk / table / counter

Taiwan (abbr.)

platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines

typhoon

surname Lou

house with more than 1 story / storied building / floor / CL:層|层[ceng2],座[zuo4],棟|栋[dong4]

near / close to / approximately

lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor

(dialect) balcony / terrace / (literary) high building / tower / (old) stage for theatrical performance