長流水，不斷線

continuous and patient effort (idiom)

length / long / forever / always / constantly

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

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

running water / (business) turnover

surname Shui

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

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

unceasing / uninterrupted / continuous / constant

to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly

(of a guitar, kite etc) to have a string break / (of a tradition etc) to be discontinued / (telephone or Internet connection) disconnected / cut off

thread / string / wire / line / CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1] / (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)