吃水不忘掘井人

chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén

Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)

chī

variant of 吃[chi1]

shuǐ

water

no; not so

wàng

to forget

jué

to dig

jǐng

a well

rén

person; people