人往高處爬，水往低處流

see 人往高處走，水往低處流|人往高处走，水往低处流[ren2 wang3 gao1 chu4 zou3 , shui3 wang3 di1 chu4 liu2]

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

to go (in a direction) / to / towards / (of a train) bound for / past / previous

old variant of 往[wang3]

surname Gao

high / tall / above average / loud / your (honorific)

high place / elevation

to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish

place / location / spot / point / office / department / bureau / respect / classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point

to crawl / to climb / to get up or sit up

surname Shui

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

low / beneath / to lower (one's head) / to let droop / to hang down / to incline

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