似水烟
English translation: like fog
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| 4 | smoke on the water |
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| 4 | like waves |
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| 4 | vaporized like mist |
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| 3 | like fog |
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2 hrs confidence: 
smoke on the water Explanation: 水烟 －－1.水上的烟霭。 Three classical poems used this phrase as follows: 南朝 梁简文帝 《登烽火楼》诗：“水烟浮岸起，遥禽逐雾征。” 唐 岑参 《江行夜宿龙吼滩》诗：“水烟晴吐月，山火夜烧云。” 前蜀 李珣 《南乡子》词之七：“沙月静，水烟轻。芰荷香里。” I would like to suggest the translation as follow: like smoke on the water Reference: http://cidian.911cha.com/cGJ6NA==.html |
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3 hrs confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1Please see below Explanation: 幸福生活天天随，冬去春来{似水烟}，流年不复返 似水烟 means 似水如烟，in this setences 似水烟 means time goes by quickly and unconsciously, just like flowing water or smoke blown away by the wind. |
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5 hrs confidence:
like waves Explanation: I agree with Sheldon Fu on the meaning (i.e. time passes quickly). As for the translation, I suggest: Seasons come and go like waves. |
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like fog Explanation: 冬去春来{似水烟}，流年不复返 with the arrival of the spring following the winter, like the fog dissipating, drifted are the years beyond the point of return. It is difficult to just translate a couple of words as a good translation must make the rhyme and syllables fit, among other considerations. Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissipating |
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1 day 16 hrs confidence:
vaporized like mist Explanation: or: like vapor and mist |
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