深情 shēn qíng deep emotion / deep feeling / deep love / affectionate / loving syn 深层 深層 shēn céng deep layer / deep / deep-seated / underlying 深水方式 shēn shuǐ fāng shì deep-water mode / deep mode 三个和尚没水喝 三個和尚沒水喝 sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē 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.) 环极涡旋 環極渦旋 huán jí wō xuán circumpolar vortex 因努伊特人北极圈会议 因努伊特人北極圈會議 Inuit Circumpolar Conference 南极绕极流 南極繞極流 Antarctic Circumpolar Current 南极冬季平流层绕极涡旋 南極冬季平流層繞極渦旋 winter Antarctic stratospheric circumpolar vortex 因努伊特人北极圈理事会 因努伊特人北極圈理事會 Inuit Circumpolar Council 深刻 shēn kè profound / deep / deep-going syn 深沉 shēn chén deep / profound / (of a person) reserved / undemonstrative / (of a voice, sound etc) deep / low-pitched syn 深层次 深層次 shēn céng cì deep level / deep-seated / in-depth 深潭 shēn tán deep natural pond / deep pit / abyss 渊 淵 yuān deep pool / deep / profound syn 寓意深远 寓意深遠 yù yì shēn yuǎn the implied message is deep (idiom) / having deep implications 深源地震 shēn yuán dì zhèn deep earthquake (with epicenter more than 300 km deep) 深喉 深睺 shēn hóu deep throating (sex act) / a deep throat (anonymous informant) 清水 qīng shuǐ fresh water / drinking water / clear water 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn 吃水 chī shuǐ drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship) syn 水枪 水槍 shuǐ qiāng water pistol (toy) / water gun / sprinkler / water cannon 水渍 水漬 shuǐ zì water spot / water stain / wet spot / damp patch / water damage 轻水 輕水 qīng shuǐ light water (as opposed to heavy water) / see light water reactor 輕水反應堆|轻水反应堆 吸附水 xī fù shuǐ pellicular water / hygroscopic water / sorption water 蕹菜 wèng cài water spinach / ong choy / swamp cabbage / water convolvulus / water morning-glory / Ipomoea aquatica (botany) 非洲部长级水事理事会 African Ministerial Council on Water / African Ministers' Council on Water / African Ministerial Conference on Water 非洲部长级水事会议 African Ministerial Council on Water / African Ministers' Council on Water / African Ministerial Conference on Water 世界水设想－大家的共同事务 World Water Vision - Making Water Everybody's Business / World Water Vision 薄膜水 pellicular water / hygroscopic water / sorption water 汪汪 wāng wāng gleaming with tears / woof woof (sound of a dog barking) / (literary) (of a body of water) broad and deep 点水 點水 diǎn shuǐ to skim / lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水) / skin-deep 潭水 tán shuǐ deep water syn 困厄 kùn è in deep water / difficult situation syn 浏 瀏 liú clear / deep (of water) / swift 沧 滄 cāng (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold 湛 zhàn deep / clear (water) 潇 瀟 xiāo (of water) deep and clear syn 泓 hóng clear / vast and deep / classifier for a body of clear water syn 水深火热 水深火熱 shuǐ shēn huǒ rè deep water and scorching fire / abyss of suffering (idiom) syn 奫 yūn deep and broad (expanse of water) / abyss 澄渊 澄淵 chéng yuān clear, deep water 东海大桥 東海大橋 dōng hǎi dà qiáo Donghai Bridge, 32.5 km bridge between Shanghai and the offshore Yangshan deep-water port 涌升 yǒng shēng deep water upwelling 北大西洋深层水 běi dài xī yáng shēn céng shuǐ North Atlantic Deep Water 深水探测器 深水探測器 shēn shuǐ tàn cè qì deep-water sounder 洋山深水港 yáng shān shēn shuǐ gǎng Yangshan Deep-Water Port (near Shanghai) 灌水 guàn shuǐ to irrigate / to pour water into / to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping) / to cook the books / to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums 水资源 水資源 shuǐ zī yuán water resources / drinking water 自来水 自來水 zì lái shuǐ running water / tap water 跳水 tiào shuǐ to dive (into water) / (sports) diving / to commit suicide by jumping into water / (fig.) (of stock prices etc) to fall dramatically 开水 開水 kāi shuǐ boiled water / boiling water syn 水源 shuǐ yuán water source / water supply / headwaters of a river syn 冷水 lěng shuǐ cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans) syn 下水 xià shuǐ 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 syn 饮用水 飲用水 yǐn yòng shuǐ drinking water / potable water 水性 shuǐ xìng swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc) 出水 chū shuǐ to discharge water / to appear out of the water / to break the surface 废水 廢水 fèi shuǐ waste water / drain water / effluent 进水 進水 jìn shuǐ to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water 滴水 dī shuǐ water drop / dripping water 饮水机 飲水機 yǐn shuǐ jī water dispenser / water cooler / drinking fountain 凉水 涼水 liáng shuǐ cool water / unboiled water syn 放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game syn 净水 淨水 jìng shuǐ clean water / purified water 水陆 水陸 shuǐ lù water and land / by water and land (transport) / amphibian / delicacies from land and sea syn 取水 qǔ shuǐ water intake / to obtain water (from a well etc) 打水 dǎ shuǐ to draw water / to splash water 水表 shuǐ biǎo water meter / indicator of water level 引水 yǐn shuǐ to pilot a ship / to channel water / to draw water (for irrigation) syn 中水 zhōng shuǐ reclaimed water / recycled water 苦水 kǔ shuǐ bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates) / suffering / digestive fluids rising from stomach to the mouth / fig. bitter complaint syn 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 绿水 綠水 lǜ shuǐ green water / crystal-clear water syn 水柱 shuǐ zhù stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet) / jet of water 上水 shàng shuǐ upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) syn 注水 zhù shuǐ to pour water into / to inject water into 烧水 燒水 shāo shuǐ to heat water / to boil water 浇花 澆花 jiāo huā to water the plants / to water the garden 水上运动 水上運動 shuǐ shàng yùn dòng water sports / aquatic motion / movement over water 菱角 líng jiǎo water caltrop or water chestnut (genus Trapa) syn 原水 yuán shuǐ raw water / unpurified water 泡饭 泡飯 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water 滑水 huá shuǐ water skiing / to water-ski 浸水 jìn shuǐ to immerse in water / to drench / to inundate / irrigation water 花露水 huā lù shuǐ perfumed toilet water / eau de cologne / floral water / hydrosol syn 苏打水 蘇打水 sū dá shuǐ soda water / carbonated water 水罐 shuǐ guàn container for holding and pouring water (or other liquid): jug, pitcher, clay jar, jerry can, water bottle etc 泽泻 澤瀉 zé xiè common water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) / water plantain rhizome (used in TCM) syn 枯水 kū shuǐ scarce water / low water level 碱水 鹼水 jiǎn shuǐ lye water / alkaline water (used in cooking) 莼菜 蓴菜 chún cài water shield (Brasenia schreberi), an edible water plant 舀水 yǎo shuǐ to ladle water / to scoop up water 水烟袋 水煙袋 shuǐ yān dài water bong / water pipe / hookah syn 踩水 cǎi shuǐ to tread water / to paddle or tramp in shallow water 汤 湯 tāng soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled syn 汛 xùn high water / flood / to sprinkle water syn 澶 chán still (as of water) / still water 奎宁水 奎寧水 kuí níng shuǐ tonic water / quinine water 