水能載舟，亦能覆舟

lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb) / fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it / if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm / things can be double-edged

surname Shui

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

hydroelectric power

surname Neng

can / to be able to / might possibly / ability / (physics) energy

to record in writing / to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc) / Taiwan pr. [zai4] / year

to carry / to convey / to load / to hold / to fill up / and / also / as well as / simultaneously

boat

also

variant of 復|复[fu4] / to reply to a letter

to cover / to overflow / to overturn / to capsize