| Simplified | Traditional | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 噗 | 噗 | pū | - sound of escaping laughter - water |
| 水 | 水 | shuǐ | - water - river - liquid - beverage - additional charges or income - (of clothes) classifier for number of washes |
| 溍 | 溍 | jìn | - water - name of a river |
| 㵮 | 㵮 | chún | - clear water |
| 噞 | 噞 | yǎn | - the movement of a fish's mouth at the surface of the water |
| 坎 | 坎 | kǎn | - pit - threshold - one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing water - ☵ |
| 戽 | 戽 | hù | - water bucket for irrigation |
| 桔 | 桔 | jié | - Platycodon grandiflorus - water bucket |
| 槔 | 槔 | gāo | - water pulley |
| 汛 | 汛 | xùn | - high water - flood - to sprinkle water |
| 汪 | 汪 | wāng | - expanse of water - ooze - (onom.) bark - classifier for liquids: pool, puddle |
| 冲 | 沖 | chōng | - (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 |
| 泓 | 泓 | hóng | - clear - vast and deep - classifier for a body of clear water |
| 泖 | 泖 | mǎo | - still water |
| 泩 | 泩 | shēng | - rising of water |
| 洊 | 洊 | jiàn | - flowing water - successive |
| 洸 | 洸 | guāng | - sparkling water |
| 洿 | 洿 | wū | - dig (a pond) - stagnant water |
| 涊 | 涊 | niǎn | - muddy water |
| 淀 | 淀 | diàn | - shallow water |
| 淙 | 淙 | cóng | - noise of water |
| 淬 | 淬 | cuì | - dip into water - to temper |
| 淰 | 淰 | niǎn | - calm water |
| 浅 | 淺 | jiān | - sound of moving water |
| 渟 | 渟 | tíng | - stagnant water |
| 湓 | 湓 | pén | - flowing of water - name of a river |
| 湜 | 湜 | shí | - clear water - pure |
| 汤 | 湯 | tāng | - soup - hot or boiling water - decoction of medicinal herbs - water in which sth has been boiled |
| 滉 | 滉 | huǎng | - bright expanse of water |
| 滫 | 滫 | xiǔ | - water in which rice was boiled - slops - swill |
| 滮 | 滮 | biāo | - flowing of water |
| 漕 | 漕 | cáo | - transport by water - watercourse - canal |
| 漱 | 漱 | shù | - to rinse one's mouth with water - to gargle |
| 潵 | 潵 | sàn | - to disperse water |
| 涠 | 潿 | wéi | - still water |
| 浇 | 澆 | jiāo | - to pour liquid - to irrigate (using waterwheel) - to water - to cast (molten metal) - to mold |
| 澫 | 澫 | màn | - variant of 漫[man4] - overflow of water - spreading |
| 澰 | 澰 | liàn | - full of water - trough |
| 澶 | 澶 | chán | - still (as of water) - still water |
| 濆 | 濆 | fén | - edge of water |
| 濍 | 濍 | sōng | - (onom.) sound of water |
| 濩 | 濩 | huò | - cook - dashing of water |
| 濑 | 瀨 | lài | - name of a river - rushing of water |
| 潋 | 瀲 | liàn | - full of water - trough |
| 瀺 | 瀺 | chán | - sound of water |
| 澜 | 瀾 | lán | - swelling water |
| 灢 | 灢 | nǎng | - muddy - thick, muddy water |
| 烀 | 烀 | hū | - to cook in a small quantity of water |
| 焌 | 焌 | qū | - to extinguish by stamping out or immersing in water - cooking method - to ignite using a non-flaming object |
| 煺 | 煺 | tuì | - to pluck poultry or depilate pigs using hot water |
| 炝 | 熗 | qiàng | - to stir-fry then cook with sauce and water - to boil food briefly then dress with soy etc - to choke - to irritate (throat etc) |
| 烫 | 燙 | tàng | - to scald - to burn (by scalding) - to blanch (cooking) - to heat (sth) up in hot water - to perm - to iron - scalding hot |
| 片 | 片 | piàn | - 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[yi1]: classifier for scenario, scene, feeling, atmosphere, sound etc |
| 碛 | 磧 | qì | - moraine - rocks in shallow water |
| 笕 | 筧 | jiǎn | - bamboo conduit - water pipe of bamboo |
| 芰 | 芰 | jì | - Trapa natans - water caltrop |
| 菱 | 菱 | líng | - Trapa natans - water caltrop |
| 蕹 | 蕹 | wèng | - water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia - Taiwan pr. [yong1] |
| 荠 | 薺 | qí | - water chestnut |
| 下水 | 下水 | xiàshuǐ | - 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 |
| 干潮 | 乾潮 | gāncháo | - low tide - low water |
| 供水 | 供水 | gōngshuǐ | - to supply water |
| 倒映 | 倒映 | dàoyìng | - inverted reflection in water |
| 储水 | 儲水 | chǔshuǐ | - to store water |
| 共工 | 共工 | Gònggōng | - God of Water |
| 冰壶 | 冰壺 | bīnghú | - jade pot for cold water - curling (sport) - curling puck |
| 冰水 | 冰水 | bīngshuǐ | - iced water |
| 冷水 | 冷水 | lěngshuǐ | - cold water - unboiled water - fig. not yet ready (of plans) |
| 出水 | 出水 | chūshuǐ | - to discharge water - to appear out of the water - to break the surface |
| 原水 | 原水 | yuánshuǐ | - raw water - unpurified water |
| 取水 | 取水 | qǔshuǐ | - water intake - to obtain water (from a well etc) |
| 吃水 | 吃水 | chīshuǐ | - drinking water - to obtain water (for daily needs) - to absorb water - draft (of ship) |
| 唧筒 | 唧筒 | jītǒng | - a pump - water pump |
| 啪哒 | 啪噠 | pādā | - (onom.) sound of object falling into water - plop |
| 哗哗 | 嘩嘩 | huāhuā | - sound of gurgling water |
| 困厄 | 困厄 | kùnè | - in deep water - difficult situation |
| 地书 | 地書 | dìshū | - writing on the ground with a large brush dipped in water |
| 壑沟 | 壑溝 | hègōu | - ditch - narrow strip of water - moat |
| 小便 | 小便 | xiǎobiàn | - to urinate - to pass water - urine |
| 山水 | 山水 | shānshuǐ | - water from a mountain - mountains and rivers - scenery - landscape |
| 废水 | 廢水 | fèishuǐ | - waste water - drain water - effluent |
| 引水 | 引水 | yǐnshuǐ | - to pilot a ship - to channel water - to draw water (for irrigation) |
| 恶水 | 惡水 | èshuǐ | - dirty water - water that is unfit to drink - slops - treacherous rapids |
| 成立 | 成立 | chénglì | - to establish - to set up - to be tenable - to hold water |
| 打水 | 打水 | dǎshuǐ | - to draw water - to splash water |
| 抗水 | 抗水 | kàngshuǐ | - waterproof - water resistant |
| 掬水 | 掬水 | jūshuǐ | - to scoop up water |
| 撒尿 | 撒尿 | sāniào | - to pass water - to piss - to urinate - to wee wee |
| 扑通 | 撲通 | pūtōng | - (onom.) sound of object falling into water - plop |
| 放水 | 放水 | fàngshuǐ | - to turn on the water - to let water out - to throw a game (sports) |
| 更漏 | 更漏 | gēnglòu | - water clock used to mark night watches |
| 枯水 | 枯水 | kūshuǐ | - scarce water - low water level |
| 死水 | 死水 | sǐshuǐ | - stagnant water - backwater |
| 水上 | 水上 | shuǐshàng | - on water - aquatic |
| 水下 | 水下 | shuǐxià | - under the water - submarine |
| 水位 | 水位 | shuǐwèi | - water level |
| 水冰 | 水冰 | shuǐbīng | - water ice (i.e. frozen H2O) |
| 水利 | 水利 | shuǐlì | - water conservancy - irrigation works |
| 水力 | 水力 | shuǐlì | - water power - hydraulic - water conservancy - irrigation works |
| 水土 | 水土 | shuǐtǔ | - water and soil - surface water - natural environment (extended meaning) - climate |
| 水坑 | 水坑 | shuǐkēng | - puddle - water hole - sump |
| 水域 | 水域 | shuǐyù | - waters - body of water |
| 水压 | 水壓 | shuǐyā | - water pressure |
| 水幕 | 水幕 | shuǐmù | - water screen (screen formed of sprayed water droplets, used for displaying projected images, for temperature control, or for air purification) |
| 水患 | 水患 | shuǐhuàn | - flooding - water disaster |
| 水柱 | 水柱 | shuǐzhù | - stream or column of water |
| 水栖 | 水棲 | shuǐqī | - aquatic - living in water |
| 水枪 | 水槍 | shuǐqiāng | - water pistol (toy) - water gun - sprinkler - water cannon |
| 水气 | 水氣 | shuǐqì | - water vapor - steam |
| 水汽 | 水汽 | shuǐqì | - water vapor - steam - moisture |
| 水泵 | 水泵 | shuǐbèng | - water pump |
| 水源 | 水源 | shuǐyuán | - water source - water supply - headwaters of a river |
| 水温 | 水溫 | shuǐwēn | - water temperature |
| 水溶 | 水溶 | shuǐróng | - water soluble |
| 水浒 | 水滸 | shuǐhǔ | - edge of the water - shore or sea, lake or river - seashore |
| 水牛 | 水牛 | shuǐniú | - water buffalo |
| 水球 | 水球 | shuǐqiú | - water polo |
| 水盂 | 水盂 | shuǐyú | - water pot or goblet (for Chinese calligraphy) |
| 水碾 | 水碾 | shuǐniǎn | - water mill |
| 水管 | 水管 | shuǐguǎn | - water pipe |
| 水箱 | 水箱 | shuǐxiāng | - water tank - radiator (automobile) - cistern - lavabo |
| 水缸 | 水缸 | shuǐgāng | - water jar |
| 水草 | 水草 | shuǐcǎo | - water plants - habitat with water source and grass |
| 水蛇 | 水蛇 | shuǐshé | - water snake |
| 水表 | 水表 | shuǐbiǎo | - water meter - indicator of water level |
| 水费 | 水費 | shuǐfèi | - water bill |
| 水质 | 水質 | shuǐzhì | - water quality |
| 水边 | 水邊 | shuǐbiān | - edge of the water - waterside - shore (of sea, lake or river) |
| 水量 | 水量 | shuǐliàng | - volume of water - quantity of flow |
| 水闸 | 水閘 | shuǐzhá | - sluice - water gate - waterlocks - floodgate - lock - dam |
| 水陆 | 水陸 | shuǐlù | - water and land - by water and land (transport) - amphibian - delicacies from land and sea |
| 水面 | 水面 | shuǐmiàn | - water surface |
| 水体 | 水體 | shuǐtǐ | - body of water |
| 水鸟 | 水鳥 | shuǐniǎo | - water bird |
| 江水 | 江水 | jiāngshuǐ | - river water |
| 汪洋 | 汪洋 | wāngyáng | - vast body of water - CL:片[pian4] |
| 汲水 | 汲水 | jíshuǐ | - to draw water |
| 沃灌 | 沃灌 | wòguàn | - to irrigate - to wash with water |
| 沉浮 | 沉浮 | chénfú | - lit. sinking and floating - to bob up and down on water - ebb and flow - fig. rise and fall - ups and downs of fortune - vicissitudes |
| 河水 | 河水 | héshuǐ | - river water |
| 沸水 | 沸水 | fèishuǐ | - boiling water |
| 泉水 | 泉水 | quánshuǐ | - spring water - CL:股[gu3] |
| 泡水 | 泡水 | pàoshuǐ | - to infuse - to soak in water |
| 泡饭 | 泡飯 | pàofàn | - to soak cooked rice in soup or water - cooked rice reheated in boiling water |
| 泄洪 | 洩洪 | xièhóng | - to release flood water - flood discharge |
| 流水 | 流水 | liúshuǐ | - running water |
| 凉水 | 涼水 | liángshuǐ | - cool water - unboiled water |
| 淡水 | 淡水 | dànshuǐ | - potable water (water with low salt content) - fresh water |
| 净水 | 淨水 | jìngshuǐ | - clean water - purified water |
| 浅水 | 淺水 | qiǎnshuǐ | - shallow water |
| 清水 | 清水 | qīngshuǐ | - fresh water - drinking water - clear water |
| 游蛇 | 游蛇 | yóushé | - water snake - colubrid - racer |
| 源泉 | 源泉 | yuánquán | - fountainhead - well-spring - water source - fig. origin |
| 滑水 | 滑水 | huáshuǐ | - water skiing - to water-ski |
| 渗水 | 滲水 | shènshuǐ | - water seepage |
| 滴水 | 滴水 | dīshuǐ | - water drop - dripping water |
| 滴漏 | 滴漏 | dīlòu | - water clock - clepsydra |
| 滚水 | 滾水 | gǔnshuǐ | - boiling water |
| 满潮 | 滿潮 | mǎncháo | - high tide - high water |
| 漏壶 | 漏壺 | lòuhú | - water clock - clepsydra |
| 漕运 | 漕運 | cáoyùn | - (old) to transport by water - to ship grain as tax |
| 漱流 | 漱流 | shùliú | - to rinse one's mouth with water - to gargle |
| 泼水 | 潑水 | pōshuǐ | - to sprinkle - to spill water |
| 潜水 | 潛水 | qiánshuǐ | - to dive - to go under water - lurker (Internet slang for sb who reads forum posts but never replies) |
| 潜行 | 潛行 | qiánxíng | - to slink - to move stealthily - to advance through the water |
| 潭水 | 潭水 | tánshuǐ | - deep water |
| 澄渊 | 澄淵 | chéngyuān | - clear, deep water |
| 浇灌 | 澆灌 | jiāoguàn | - to water - to irrigate |
| 泽泻 | 澤瀉 | zéxiè | - common water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) - water plantain rhizome (used in TCM) |
| 烟波 | 煙波 | yānbō | - mist covered water |
| 热水 | 熱水 | rèshuǐ | - hot water |
| 烧水 | 燒水 | shāoshuǐ | - to heat water - to boil water |
| 生水 | 生水 | shēngshuǐ | - unboiled water |
| 白水 | 白水 | báishuǐ | - plain water |
| 睡莲 | 睡蓮 | shuìlián | - water lily |
| 硬水 | 硬水 | yìngshuǐ | - hard water |
| 矿水 | 礦水 | kuàngshuǐ | - mineral water |
| 稀粥 | 稀粥 | xīzhōu | - water gruel - thin porridge |
| 积水 | 積水 | jīshuǐ | - to collect water - to be covered with water - to pond - accumulated water - ponding |
| 节水 | 節水 | jiéshuǐ | - to save water |
| 粉芡 | 粉芡 | fěnqiàn | - cooking starch - pasty mixture of starch and water |
| 糖水 | 糖水 | tángshuǐ | - syrup - sweetened water - tong sui (sweet soup) |
| 绿水 | 綠水 | lǜshuǐ | - green water - crystal-clear water |
| 缺水 | 缺水 | quēshuǐ | - water shortage - dehydration |
| 圣水 | 聖水 | shèngshuǐ | - holy water |
| 脱水 | 脫水 | tuōshuǐ | - to dry out - to extract water - dehydration - dehydrated - desiccation |
| 茭白 | 茭白 | jiāobái | - water bamboo - wild rice shoots |
| 菱角 | 菱角 | língjiǎo | - water caltrop or water chestnut (genus Trapa) |
| 落水 | 落水 | luòshuǐ | - to fall into water - to sink - overboard - fig. to degenerate - to sink (into depravity) - to go to the dogs |
| 蓄水 | 蓄水 | xùshuǐ | - water storage |
| 蕹菜 | 蕹菜 | wèngcài | - water spinach - ong choy - swamp cabbage - water convolvulus - water morning-glory - Ipomoea aquatica (botany) |
| 丰水 | 豐水 | fēngshuǐ | - abundant water - high water level |
| 踩水 | 踩水 | cǎishuǐ | - to tread water - to paddle or tramp in shallow water |
| 退水 | 退水 | tuìshuǐ | - to divert water - to drain |
| 透水 | 透水 | tòushuǐ | - permeable - percolation - water leak |
| 进水 | 進水 | jìnshuǐ | - inflow of water |
| 开壶 | 開壺 | kāihú | - pot of boiling water |
| 开水 | 開水 | kāishuǐ | - boiled water - boiling water |
| 陡坡 | 陡坡 | dǒupō | - steep incline - water chute - sluice |
| 饮水 | 飲水 | yǐnshuǐ | - drinking water |
| 馋人 | 饞人 | chánrén | - to make one's mouth water - appetizing - greedy person - glutton |
| 脏水 | 髒水 | zāngshuǐ | - dirty water - sewage |
| 高潮 | 高潮 | gāocháo | - high tide - high water - upsurge - climax - orgasm - chorus (part of a song) |
| 咸水 | 鹹水 | xiánshuǐ | - salt water - brine |
| 黄水 | 黃水 | huángshuǐ | - citrine (orange or yellow quartz SiO2) - yellow water - name of river in Henan |
| 龙虎 | 龍虎 | lónghǔ | - outstanding people - water and fire (in Daoist writing) |
| 龙头 | 龍頭 | lóngtóu | - faucet - water tap - bicycle handle bar - chief (esp. of gang) - boss - decision maker - (market) leader (of companies) - front end of mud-flow - figurehead on prow of dragon boat 龍船|龙船 |
| 修水利 | 修水利 | xiūshuǐlì | - water conservancy - irrigation works |
| 出水口 | 出水口 | chūshuǐkǒu | - water outlet - drainage outlet |
| 分水岭 | 分水嶺 | fēnshuǐlǐng | - water divide - watershed |
| 地表水 | 地表水 | dìbiǎoshuǐ | - surface water |
| 地面水 | 地面水 | dìmiànshuǐ | - surface water |
| 奎宁水 | 奎寧水 | kuíníngshuǐ | - tonic water - quinine water |
| 抽水机 | 抽水機 | chōushuǐjī | - water pump |
| 抽水泵 | 抽水泵 | chōushuǐbèng | - water pump |
| 抽水站 | 抽水站 | chōushuǐzhàn | - water pumping station |
| 拖下水 | 拖下水 | tuōxiàshuǐ | - lit. to pull sb into the water - to involve sb in a messy business - to get sb into trouble |
| 水利家 | 水利家 | shuǐlìjiā | - water manager - hydraulic engineer |
| 水平面 | 水平面 | shuǐpíngmiàn | - horizontal plane - level surface - water level |
| 水污染 | 水污染 | shuǐwūrǎn | - water pollution |
| 水浒传 | 水滸傳 | ShuǐhǔZhuàn | - Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵[Shi1 Nai4 an1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature |
| 水烟袋 | 水煙袋 | shuǐyāndài | - water bong - water pipe - hookah |
| 水球场 | 水球場 | shuǐqiúchǎng | - water polo pool |
| 水立方 | 水立方 | shuǐlìfāng | - Water Cube, nickname of Beijing national aquatics center 北京國家游泳中心|北京国家游泳中心, swimming venue of Beijing 2008 Olympic games |
| 水帘洞 | 水簾洞 | ShuǐliánDòng | - Shuilian Cave - Water Curtain Cave |
| 水蕹菜 | 水蕹菜 | shuǐwèngcài | - water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia |
| 水处理 | 水處理 | shuǐchǔlǐ | - water treatment |
| 水障碍 | 水障礙 | shuǐzhàngài | - water hazard (golf) |
| 冲牙器 | 沖牙器 | chōngyáqì | - water pick - oral irrigator |
| 净水器 | 淨水器 | jìngshuǐqì | - water purifier |
| 汤力水 | 湯力水 | tānglìshuǐ | - tonic water |
| 浇冷水 | 澆冷水 | jiāolěngshuǐ | - to pour cold water - fig. to discourage |
| 热水器 | 熱水器 | rèshuǐqì | - water heater |
| 白开水 | 白開水 | báikāishuǐ | - plain boiled water |
| 矿泉水 | 礦泉水 | kuàngquánshuǐ | - mineral spring water - CL:瓶[ping2],杯[bei1] |
| 结晶水 | 結晶水 | jiéjīngshuǐ | - water of crystallization |
| 自来水 | 自來水 | zìláishuǐ | - running water - tap water |
| 花露水 | 花露水 | huālùshuǐ | - perfumed toilet water - eau de cologne - floral water - hydrosol |
| 落水管 | 落水管 | luòshuǐguǎn | - drainpipe - water spout |
| 蒸馏水 | 蒸餾水 | zhēngliúshuǐ | - distilled water |
| 蓄水池 | 蓄水池 | xùshuǐchí | - water reservoir |
| 进水口 | 進水口 | jìnshuǐkǒu | - water inlet |
| 进水闸 | 進水閘 | jìnshuǐzhá | - water intake - inlet sluice |
| 饮水器 | 飲水器 | yǐnshuǐqì | - water dispenser |
| 饮水机 | 飲水機 | yǐnshuǐjī | - water dispenser - water cooler - drinking fountain |
| 饮用水 | 飲用水 | yǐnyòngshuǐ | - drinking water - potable water |
| 高低潮 | 高低潮 | gāodīcháo | - the tide - high and low water |
| 鱼水情 | 魚水情 | yúshuǐqíng | - close relationship as between fish and water |
| 凤眼兰 | 鳳眼蘭 | fèngyǎnlán | - water hyacinth |
| 龙骨车 | 龍骨車 | lónggǔchē | - water wheel |
| 一潭死水 | 一潭死水 | yītánsǐshuǐ | - a pool of stagnant water - stagnant or listless condition |
| 一衣带水 | 一衣帶水 | yīyīdàishuǐ | - (separated only by) a narrow strip of water |
| 出生入死 | 出生入死 | chūshēngrùsǐ | - from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water - brave - willing to risk life and limb |
| 拖人下水 | 拖人下水 | tuōrénxiàshuǐ | - lit. to pull sb into the water - fig. to involve sb in a messy business - to get sb into trouble |
| 拖泥带水 | 拖泥帶水 | tuōnídàishuǐ | - lit. wading in mud and water - a slovenly job - sloppy |
| 挥金如土 | 揮金如土 | huījīnrútǔ | - lit. to squander money like dirt (idiom) - fig. to spend money like water - extravagant |
| 柔情似水 | 柔情似水 | róuqíngsìshuǐ | - tender and soft as water - deeply attached to sb |
| 水上运动 | 水上運動 | shuǐshàngyùndòng | - water sports - aquatic motion - movement over water |
| 水天一色 | 水天一色 | shuǐtiānyīsè | - water and sky merge in one color (idiom) |
| 水浒全传 | 水滸全傳 | ShuǐhǔQuánzhuàn | - Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature - also written 水滸傳|水浒传 |
| 水浒后传 | 水滸後傳 | ShuǐhǔHòuzhuàn | - Water Margin Sequel, by Chen Chen 陳忱|陈忱[Chen2 Chen2] |
| 水火不容 | 水火不容 | shuǐhuǒbùróng | - completely incompatible - lit. incompatible as fire and water |
| 水质污染 | 水質污染 | shuǐzhìwūrǎn | - water pollution |
| 水陆交通 | 水陸交通 | shuǐlùjiāotōng | - water and land transport |
| 海上运动 | 海上運動 | hǎishàngyùndòng | - water sports (sailing, windsurfing etc) |
| 清澈见底 | 清澈見底 | qīngchèjiàndǐ | - water so clear you can see the bottom |
| 泼水难收 | 潑水難收 | pōshuǐnánshōu | - water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change |
| 珠流璧转 | 珠流璧轉 | zhūliúbìzhuǎn | - lit. pearl flows, jade moves on (idiom); fig. the passage of time - water under the bridge |
| 砚水壶儿 | 硯水壺兒 | yànshuǐhúr | - water container for an ink slab |
| 粗茶淡饭 | 粗茶淡飯 | cūchádànfàn | - plain tea and simple food - (fig.) bread and water |
| 自来水管 | 自來水管 | zìláishuǐguǎn | - water mains - service pipe - tap-water pipe |
| 血浓于水 | 血濃於水 | xuènóngyúshuǐ | - blood is thicker than water - fig. family ties are closer than social relations |
| 鸳鸯戏水 | 鴛鴦戲水 | yuānyāngxìshuǐ | - lit. mandarin ducks playing in the water - fig. to make love |
| 污水处理厂 | 污水處理廠 | wūshuǐchǔlǐchǎng | - water treatment plant |
| 滴漏计时器 | 滴漏計時器 | dīlòujìshíqì | - hourglass - water clock - clepsydra |
| 泼出去的水 | 潑出去的水 | pōchūqùdeshuǐ | - spilt water - (fig.) sth that can not be retrieved - spilt milk |
| 水至清则无鱼 | 水至清則無魚 | shuǐzhìqīngzéwúyú | - Water that is too clear has few fish, and one who is too critical has few friends (idiom); You cannot expect everyone to be squeaky clean. - Don't be too picky! |
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