|  |  | 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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|  |  | medicine in liquid form  / bottled medicine  / lotion  | HSK 2 | 
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|  |  | glue  | HSK 5 | 
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|  |  | horizontal; level  / a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)  | HSK 2 | 
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|  |  | teardrop  / tears  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | cool water  / unboiled water  | HSK 3 | 
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|  |  | rainwater; rainfall; rain  | HSK 5 | 
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|  |  | boiled water  / boiling water  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | soda pop; carbonated soft drink  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc)  | HSK 5 | 
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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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|  |  | seawater  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | flood  / flood damage  | HSK 5 | 
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|  |  | surname Shui  |  | 
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|  |  | cold water  / unboiled water  / fig. not yet ready (of plans)  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | saliva  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | purified water  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | salary  / wage  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | sweat  / perspiration  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | moisture content  / (fig.) overstatement  / padding  | HSK 5 | 
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|  |  | sewer  |  | 
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|  |  | beverage; drink  | HSK 6 | 
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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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|  |  | deluge; flood  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | running water; tap water  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | water surface  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | feng shui  / geomancy  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | groundwater  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | water heater  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | jellyfish  / medusa  |  | 
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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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|  |  | sewage  | HSK 5 | 
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|  |  | canal  |  | 
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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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|  |  | water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)  |  | 
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|  |  | smuggled goods  / unauthorized goods  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | landscape painting  |  | 
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|  |  | Shuilin township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县 , Taiwan  |  | 
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|  |  | pig offal  |  | 
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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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|  |  | mariner  / sailor  / seaman  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | cologne  |  | 
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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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|  |  | reinforced concrete  |  | 
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|  |  | faucet  / tap  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings  |  | 
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|  |  | boiled dumpling (made by wrapping a pasta skin around a filling, like ravioli)  |  | 
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|  |  | Three Gorges Reservoir on the Changjiang or Yangtze  |  | 
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|  |  | (loanword) cologne  |  | 
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|  |  | ammonia solution  |  | 
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|  |  | water source  / water supply  / headwaters of a river  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | level (of achievement etc)  / standard  / level (surveying)  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | to pour cold water on  / (fig.) to dampen sb's enthusiasm  | 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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|  |  | strangers coming together by chance (idiom)  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | enlisted sailor in navy  |  | 
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|  |  | toner (cosmetics)  |  | 
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|  |  | hydrology  |  | 
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|  |  | Watergate scandal  |  | 
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|  |  | aquarium (open to the public)  |  | 
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|  |  | Yaksu in North Korea, near the border with Liaoning and Jiling province  |  | 
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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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|  |  | boiled egg  |  | 
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|  |  | sink  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | water temperature  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州 , northwest Sichuan  |  | 
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|  |  | water pollution  |  | 
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|  |  | assembly line  / (computing) pipeline  |  | 
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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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|  |  | Sham Shui Po district of Kowloon, Hong Kong  |  | 
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|  |  | to be confused  / to be baffled  |  | 
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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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|  |  | bottled water  |  | 
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|  |  | to shrink (in the wash)  / fig. to shrink (of profits etc)  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | fortunes rise and fall; times change  |  | 
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|  |  | Sanshui, a district of Foshan City 佛山市 , Guangdong  |  | 
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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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|  |  | skin toner  |  | 
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|  |  | spray of water; splash  / (dialect) chickenpox  |  | 
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|  |  | honey peach  / juicy peach  |  | 
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