常在河邊走,哪有不濕鞋 [---边-----湿-]

Jyutping
Pinyin cháng zài hé biān zǒu , nǎ yǒu bù shī xié

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb)
  2. (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe)