"Water" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jiāo shuǐ to water (plants etc)
 zī yuán natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism)
 chéng lì to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water
 jìn kǒu to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc)
 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums
 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm
 shuǐ miàn water surface
 shuǐ lì water conservancy / irrigation works
 liú shuǐ running water / (business) turnover
 shān shuǐ water from a mountain / mountains and rivers / scenery / landscape
 qīng shuǐ fresh water / drinking water / clear water
 huí luò to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)
 yòng shuǐ water use
 rè shuǐ hot water
 pái fàng to arrange in order / to emit / to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate / to discharge semen
 rè shuǐ qì water heater
 gōng shuǐ to supply water
 shuǐ zhì water quality
 qián shuǐ to dive / to go under water / (in an online forum) to lurk
 shuǐ shàng on water / aquatic
 wǔ xíng five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水
 shuǐ zī yuán water resources / drinking water
 zì lái shuǐ running water / tap water
 tiào shuǐ to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically
 kāi shuǐ boiled water / boiling water
 shuǐ yuán water source / water supply / headwaters of a river
 hé shuǐ river water
 shuǐ chǔ lǐ water treatment
 lěng shuǐ cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans)
 yǐn shuǐ drinking water
 páo xiào (of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar
 xià shuǐ downstream / to go into the water / to put into water / to launch (a ship) / fig. to fall into bad ways / to lead astray / to go to pot
 kuàng quán shuǐ mineral water / CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1]
 yuán quán fountainhead / well-spring / water source / fig. origin
 jié shuǐ to save water
 shuǐ wèi water level
 duǒ kāi to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb)
 quán shuǐ spring water / CL:股[gu3]
 yǐn yòng shuǐ drinking water / potable water
 dàn huà to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination
 shuǐ bèng water pump
 jiāng shuǐ river water
 shuǐ guǎn water pipe
 shuǐ yù waters / body of water
 shuǐ xià under the water / submarine
 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water
 shuǐ xìng swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc)
 chū shuǐ to discharge water / to appear out of the water / to break the surface
 fèi shuǐ waste water / drain water / effluent
 pū tōng (onom.) sound of object falling into water / plop
 quē shuǐ water shortage / dehydration
 shuǐ wēn water temperature
 fān téng (of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn / to surge / to seethe / to somersault / to tumble / to flip / to rummage / to turn things over repeatedly
 tuō shuǐ to dry out / to extract water / dehydration / dehydrated / desiccation
 luò shuǐ to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs
 shuǐ xiāng water tank / radiator (automobile) / cistern / lavabo
 bái shuǐ plain water
 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding
 guàn shū to imbue with / to inculcate / to instill into / to teach / to impart / to channel water to another place
 shuǐ liàng volume of water / quantity of flow
 chún jìng shuǐ purified water
 jìn shuǐ to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water
 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
 mǎ tí horse's hoof / horseshoe / Chinese water chestnut (Eleocharis dulcis or E. congesta)
 dī shuǐ water drop / dripping water
 shuǐ wū rǎn water pollution
 lóng hǔ outstanding people / water and fire (in Daoist writing)
 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore
 bái kāi shuǐ plain boiled water
 shuǐ dào watercourse (river, canal, drain etc) / water route / lane (in a swimming pool)
 jǐ shuǐ to supply water / to provide feedwater
 huā huā sound of gurgling water
 yǐn shuǐ jī water dispenser / water cooler / drinking fountain
 shuǐ tǐ body of water
 shuǐ dǐ the bottom of a body of water
 wāng yáng vast body of water / CL:片[pian4]
 Yán shuǐ salt water / brine
 diǎn shuǐ to skim / lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水) / skin-deep
 liáng shuǐ cool water / unboiled water
 xù shuǐ water storage
 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes
 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game
 shuǐ huā spray of water / splash / (dialect) chickenpox
 bīng shuǐ iced water
 shuǐ lì bù Ministry of Water Resources (PRC)
 jìng shuǐ clean water / purified water
 chuí xián to water at the mouth / to drool
 huó to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4]
 shuǐ lù water and land / by water and land (transport) / amphibian / delicacies from land and sea
 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river)
 tài yáng néng rè shuǐ qì solar water heater
 shuǐ jià water price
 shuǐ qì water vapor / steam
 yǒng jìn to spill / to overflow (of water, crowds) / to crowd (into a space)
 shuǐ luò shí chū as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / the truth comes to light
 qǔ shuǐ water intake / to obtain water (from a well etc)
 shuǐ fèi water bill
 Sòng Jiāng Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传
 chōng pào to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves) / to infuse (tea)
 dǎ shuǐ to draw water / to splash water
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