| | 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 combine a powdery substance (flour, plaster etc) with water / Taiwan pr. [huo4] | |
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| | to mix water with clay | |
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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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| | Ximen Qing, a fictional character in the novels "Jin Ping Mei" 金瓶梅 and "Water Margin" 水滸傳｜水浒传 | |
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| | deep and broad (expanse of water) / abyss | |
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| | lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time / water under the bridge | |
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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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| | 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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| | lit. to pull sb into the water / to involve sb in a messy business / to get sb into trouble | |
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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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| | (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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| | (of writing, pictures etc) indistinct due to deterioration (water damage etc) / blurry / eroded | |
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| | to heat water / to boil water | |
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| | clear water | |
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| | to supply water / to provide feedwater | |
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| | (of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn; to surge; to seethe / to somersault; to tumble; to flip / to rummage; to turn things over repeatedly | |
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| | calm water | |
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| | Nongfu Spring, Chinese bottled water and beverage company | |
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| | the bottom of a body of water | |
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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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| | (bound form) water's edge; bank; shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) | |
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| | lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts | |
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| | expanse of water / ooze / (onom.) bark / classifier for liquids: pool, puddle | |
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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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| | 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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| | (onom.) sound of dripping water, a ticking clock etc | |
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| | (onom.) pattering sound / drip drip (of water) / tick tock (of clock) / also pr. [di1 da5] | |
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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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| | plain boiled water | |
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| | spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom) / it's no use crying over spilt milk / what's done is done and can't be reversed / the damage is done / once divorced, there's no reuniting | |
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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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| | to run water through a system to test it (for leakages etc) / (fig.) to test the waters; to do (sth) on a trial basis | |
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| | boiled water / boiling water | HSK 4 |
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| | water shield (Brasenia schreberi), an edible water plant | |
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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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| | (of water etc) clear; clean / quiet; still / pure; uncorrupted / clear; distinct / to clear; to settle (accounts) | HSK 6 |
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| | to imbue with / to inculcate / to instill into / to teach / to impart / to channel water to another place | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (of water) to rise / rising tide / (of women) to get one's period | |
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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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| | 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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| | to freeze (water etc) / (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | spray of water; splash / (dialect) chickenpox | |
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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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| | 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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| | lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom) / fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally | |
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| | water ice (i.e. frozen H2O) | |
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| | water vapor / steam / moisture | |
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| | (of beasts of prey, torrents of water, a person in a rage etc) to roar | |
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| | water surface | HSK 7-9 |
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| | opposite bank (of a body of water) | |
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| | water jar | |
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| | edge of water | |
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| | blood is thicker than water / fig. family ties are closer than social relations | |
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| | (bound form) a sieve / to sieve; to sift; to filter / to eliminate through selection / to warm a pot of rice wine (over a fire or in hot water) / to pour (wine or tea) / (dialect) to strike (a gong) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (separated only by) a narrow strip of water | |
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| | lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom) / fig. enchanting scenery | |
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| | to pass water / to piss / to urinate / to wee wee | |
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| | aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw | |
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| | natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism) | HSK 4 |
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| | Yushui or Rain Water, 2nd of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣｜二十四节气 19th February-5th March | |
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| | boiling water | |
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| | dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom); constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty. | |
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| | water flea (small crustacean of genus Daphnia) | |
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| | bottled water | |
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| | from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb | |
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| | deep water and scorching fire / abyss of suffering (idiom) | |
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| | cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans) | HSK 6 |
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| | three types of waste product, namely: waste water 廢水｜废水, exhaust gas 廢氣｜废气, industrial slag 廢渣｜废渣 | |
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| | Evian, mineral water company / Évian-les-Bains, resort and spa town in south-eastern France | |
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| | to establish / to set up / to be tenable / to hold water | HSK 3 |
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| | lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom) / fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows | |
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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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| | sluice; sluice gate / to dam up water / (coll.) brake / (coll.) electric switch | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game | 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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| | like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings | |
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| | to pervade / to fill the air / diffuse / everywhere present / about to inundate (water) / permeated by (smoke) / filled with (dust) / to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Ministry of Water Resources (PRC) | |
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| | to infuse / to soak in water | |
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| | a pool of stagnant water / stagnant or listless condition | |
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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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| | mountains on one side and water on the other | |
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| | deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt | |
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| | the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you / you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink | |
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| | waste water / drain water / effluent | |
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| | water conservancy / irrigation works | HSK 7-9 |
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| | water buffalo | |
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| | body of water | |
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| | using a wicker basket to draw water (idiom); wasted effort | |
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| | upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) | |
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| | to slink / to move stealthily / to advance through the water | |
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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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