| | water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水｜会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment | HSK 1 |
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| | to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade | HSK 2 |
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| | to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water | HSK 4 |
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| | high tide; high water / upsurge; peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm | HSK 4 |
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| | to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water | HSK 3 |
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| | to burn; to set on fire / to heat (over a fire); to boil (water, tea etc) / to braise / to cook; to prepare food / to run a fever / fever / (coll.) to become full of oneself; to get carried away | HSK 4 |
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| | cool water / unboiled water | HSK 3 |
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| | boiled water / boiling water | HSK 4 |
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| | soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled | HSK 3 |
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| | (of water etc) clear; clean / quiet; still / pure; uncorrupted / clear; distinct / to clear; to settle (accounts) | HSK 6 |
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| | to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically | HSK 6 |
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| | (of water) to dash against / to mix with water / to infuse / to rinse / to flush / to develop (a film) / to rise in the air / to clash / to collide with | HSK 4 |
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| | to import / imported / entrance / inlet (for the intake of air, water etc) | HSK 4 |
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| | natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism) | HSK 4 |
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| | thin piece / flake / a slice / film / TV play / to slice / to carve thin / partial / incomplete / one-sided / classifier for slices, tablets, tract of land, area of water / classifier for CDs, movies, DVDs etc / used with numeral 一: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc / Kangxi radical 91 | HSK 2 |
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| | to rock / to sway / to flicker (e.g. of lights reflected on water) / to flutter (e.g. of a flag) / to trick sb into doing sth / to dupe / to con | HSK 7-9 |
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| | cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans) | HSK 6 |
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| | to cut off the water supply; water outage | |
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| | purified water | HSK 4 |
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| | (of water, people, thoughts etc) to surge; to well up and flow; to move in waves | |
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| | pure water | |
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| | to combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4] | |
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| | naturally flowing water (as opposed to stagnant water) | |
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| | (chemistry) deionized water | |
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| | to freeze (water etc) / (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | waterbed; water mattress | |
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| | to mix water with clay | |
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| | to pick up (a skill) in a very short time; to take to sth like a duck to water | |
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| | hot water | HSK 6 |
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| | 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 | |
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| | hourglass / water clock / clepsydra | |
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| | (chemistry) water glass | |
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| | running water; tap water | HSK 6 |
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| | water surface | HSK 7-9 |
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| | deep and broad (expanse of water) / abyss | |
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| | to draw water (from a well) / (coll.) to receive an IV drip | |
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| | water heater | HSK 6 |
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| | to add water (or other liquid) to (another ingredient such as powdered milk or tea leaves) / to infuse (tea) | |
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| | water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia | |
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| | lit. to pull sb into the water / to involve sb in a messy business / to get sb into trouble | |
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| | to drink water by scooping it up with both hands | |
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| | stagnant water / backwater | |
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| | clear / vast and deep / classifier for a body of clear water | |
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| | water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus) | |
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| | (of writing, pictures etc) indistinct due to deterioration (water damage etc) / blurry / eroded | |
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| | clear water | |
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| | to fall back / to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | calm water | |
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| | (idiom) (of water) shimmering with ripples; glistening | |
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| | to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game | HSK 7-9 |
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| | tonic water; quinine water | |
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| | water conservancy / irrigation works | HSK 7-9 |
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| | man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom) / one should constantly strive to make progress | |
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| | the bottom of a body of water | |
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| | Nongfu Spring, Chinese bottled water and beverage company | |
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| | to arrange in order / to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc) / (of animals) to ovulate; to discharge semen | HSK 7-9 |
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| | chemical formula (e.g. water H2O) | |
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| | like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings | |
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| | Huang Xin, character in The Water Margin | |
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| | water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes) | |
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| | water source / water supply / headwaters of a river | HSK 7-9 |
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| | expanse of water / ooze / (onom.) bark / classifier for liquids: pool, puddle | |
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| | to pour cold water on / (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢｜红楼梦, Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義｜三国演义, Water Margin 水滸傳｜水浒传, Journey to the West 西遊記｜西游记 | |
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| | to water down / to play down / to trivialize / to weaken / to become dull with time / to desalinate / desalination | HSK 7-9 |
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| | water-induction engineering / irrigation engineering | |
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| | lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb) | |
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| | arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant) | |
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| | five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 | |
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| | opposite bank (of a body of water) | |
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| | (onom.) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc | |
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| | lit. the dragonfly touches the water lightly / superficial contact (idiom) | |
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| | drinking water; potable water | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (onom.) pattering sound / drip drip (of water) / tick tock (of clock) / also pr. [di1 da5] | |
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| | water temperature | HSK 7-9 |
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| | vast body of water / CL: 片 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放｜大鸣大放, 大辯論｜大辩论, 大字報｜大字报 (PRC) | |
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| | water pollution | |
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| | name of "water" radical 氵 in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85) | |
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| | to dive / to go under water / (in an online forum) to lurk | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Evian, mineral water company / Évian-les-Bains, resort and spa town in south-eastern France | |
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| | to pour liquid / to irrigate (using waterwheel) / to water / to cast (molten metal) / to mold | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to water / to irrigate | |
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| | water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia / Taiwan pr. [yong1] | |
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| | Sanjiang or Three rivers plain in Heilongjiang, vast wetland watered by Heilongjiang 黑龍江｜黑龙江 or Amur, Songhua 松花江, Ussuri 烏蘇里江｜乌苏里江 | |
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| | edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) | |
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| | (lit.) as the water recedes, the rocks appear (idiom) / (fig.) the truth comes to light | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to reconstitute (a powdered beverage) by adding water, milk etc | |
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| | bottled water | |
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| | copious / plentiful (of water) / surging (of waves) / refers to home village of first Han emperor 漢高祖｜汉高祖 / fig. majestic | |
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| | the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經｜道德经) | |
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| | Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose | |
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| | spray of water; splash / (dialect) chickenpox | |
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| | water pipe | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to rinse; to swish (in water) / to trick; to fool sb / to cook by dipping finely sliced ingredients briefly in boiling water or soup (generally done at the dining table) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature | |
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| | lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally | |
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| | lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom) / fig. everybody's business is nobody's business / (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.) | |
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| | water ice (i.e. frozen H2O) | |
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