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疏水箪瓢

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Pīnyīn
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little water and few utensils / to live a frugal life (idiom)

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
疏
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *疏* | 疏* | *疏
12画
neglect; careless, lax
1011.3
NMYIU
水
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *水* | 水* | *水
4画
water, liquid, lotion, juice
1223.0
E
箪
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *箪* | 箪* | *箪
14画
small bamboo basket for holding
簞
8850.6
HCWJ
瓢
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *瓢* | 瓢* | *瓢
16画
ladle made from dried gourd
1293.0
MFHVO

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
疏水箪瓢
little water and few utensils / to live a frugal life (idiom)
疏
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *疏* | 疏* | *疏
variant of 疏
疏
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *疏* | 疏* | *疏
surname Shu
疏
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *疏* | 疏* | *疏
to dredge / to clear away obstruction / thin / sparse / scanty / distant (relation) / not close / to neglect / negligent / to present a memorial to the Emperor / commentary / annotation
疏水
(chemistry) hydrophobic
 水
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *水* | 水* | *水
surname Shui / Shui ethnic group
 水
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *水* | 水* | *水
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
  箪
  dān​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *箪* | 箪* | *箪
round basket for cooked rice
   瓢
   piáo​
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *瓢* | 瓢* | *瓢
dipper / ladle