"Water Poverty Index" Chinese-English Dictionary

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贫水指数 貧水指數 Water Poverty Index
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
贫穷深度比 貧窮深度比 poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index
贫穷深度指数 貧窮深度指數 poverty gap ratio / poverty gap index
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.)
指数 指數 zhǐ shù (numerical, statistical) index / (math.) exponent / index / exponential (function, growth)
股指 gǔ zhǐ stock market index / share price index / abbr. for 股票指數|股票指数[gu3 piao4 zhi3 shu4]
沪综指 滬綜指 hù zōng zhǐ Shanghai composite index (stock market index)
恒生指数 恒生指數 héng shēng zhǐ shù Hang Seng Index (Hong Kong stock market index)
平均指数 平均指數 píng jūn zhǐ shù average index (e.g. Dow Jones or Nikkei index)
股票指数 股票指數 gǔ piào zhǐ shù stock market index / share price index
组别费率指数 group cost index / group index
按性别开列的人类发展指数 按性別開列的人類發展指數 gender-adjusted human development index / gender-related human development index
位置图 位置圖 wèi zhì tú chart index / map index
信通技术发展指数 信通技術發展指數 ICT Development Index / Digital Opportunity Index
数字机会指数 數字機會指數 ICT Development Index / Digital Opportunity Index
人类贫穷指数 人類貧窮指數 human poverty index
综合贫穷指数 綜合貧窮指數 Integrated Poverty Index
脱贫致富 脫貧致富 tuō pín zhì fù to rise from poverty and become prosperous (idiom) / poverty alleviation syn
笑贫不笑娼 笑貧不笑娼 xiào pín bù xiào chāng the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer poverty / lit. despising poverty but not prostitution (idiom)
站起来反贫穷 站起來反貧窮 zhàn qǐ lái fǎn pín qióng Stand Up Against Poverty, Stand Up for the Millennium Development Goals / Stand Up Against Poverty
贫穷和经济发展问题千年项目第1工作队 貧窮和經濟發展問題千年項目第1工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development / Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development
贫穷和经济发展问题第1工作队 貧窮和經濟發展問題第1工作隊 Millennium Project Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development / Task Force 1 on Poverty and Economic Development
赤贫妇女问题讨论会 赤貧婦女問題討論會 Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty, Integration of Women's Concerns in National Development Planning / Seminar on Women in Extreme Poverty
减贫 減貧 jiǎn pín to reduce poverty / poverty reduction
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
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
tāng soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled syn
xùn high water / flood / to sprinkle water syn
chán still (as of water) / still water
奎宁水 奎寧水 kuí níng shuǐ tonic water / quinine water
恶水 惡水 è shuǐ dirty water / water that is unfit to drink / slops
戽水 hù shuǐ to draw water for irrigation (manually or with a water wheel)
河水不犯井水 hé shuǐ bù fàn jǐng shuǐ lit. river water does not interfere with well water (idiom) / Do not interfere with one another. / Mind your own business.
自来水管 自來水管 zì lái shuǐ guǎn water mains / service pipe / tap-water pipe
丰水 豐水 fēng shuǐ abundant water / high water level
世界水日 shì jiè shuǐ rì World Day for Water / World Water Day
水幕 shuǐ mù water screen (screen formed of sprayed water droplets, used for displaying projected images, for temperature control, or for air purification)
运水车 water tank truck / water truck
欧洲地中海水信息系统 Euro-Mediterranean Information System on Know-How in the Water Sector / Euro-Mediterranean Water Information System
射水剥离 shè shuǐ bō lí water-jet stripping / water jetting
小城镇利贫水和废水综合管理项目 Integrated Pro-poor Water and Wastewater Management in Small Towns / Pro-poor Water and Wastewater Management in Small Towns
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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