蓝色 藍色 lán sè blue (color) 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 自来水 自來水 zì lái shuǐ running water / tap water 蓝天 藍天 lán tiān blue sky syn 千载难逢 千載難逢 qiān zǎi nán féng extremely rare (idiom) / once in a blue moon syn 碧眼 bì yǎn blue eyes 清水 qīng shuǐ fresh water / drinking water / clear water 放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game syn 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 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 饮用水 飲用水 yǐn yòng shuǐ drinking water / potable water 蓝领 藍領 lán lǐng blue-collar / blue-collar worker 水枪 水槍 shuǐ qiāng water pistol (toy) / water gun / sprinkler / water cannon 开水 開水 kāi shuǐ boiled water / boiling water syn 蔚蓝 蔚藍 wèi lán azure / sky-blue syn 水性 shuǐ xìng swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc) 积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn 注水 zhù shuǐ to pour water into / to inject water into 取水 qǔ shuǐ water intake / to obtain water (from a well etc) 遍体鳞伤 遍體鱗傷 biàn tǐ lín shāng covered all over with cuts and bruises / beaten black and blue / be a mass of bruises syn 深蓝 深藍 shēn lán dark blue syn 凉水 涼水 liáng shuǐ cool water / unboiled water syn 五彩 wǔ cǎi five (main) colors (white, black, red, yellow, and blue) / multicolored syn 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 青色 qīng sè cyan / blue-green syn 废水 廢水 fèi shuǐ waste water / drain water / effluent 翠绿 翠綠 cuì lǜ greenish-blue / emerald green syn 晴天霹雳 晴天霹靂 qíng tiān pī lì lit. thunderclap from a clear sky (idiom) / fig. a bolt from the blue syn 水资源 水資源 shuǐ zī yuán water resources / drinking water 青天 qīng tiān clear sky / blue sky / upright and honorable (official) syn 滴水 dī shuǐ water drop / dripping water 青筋 qīng jīn veins / blue veins syn 净水 淨水 jìng shuǐ clean water / purified water 浸水 jìn shuǐ to immerse in water / to drench / to inundate / irrigation water 蓝鲸 藍鯨 lán jīng blue whale 碧蓝 碧藍 bì lán dark blue syn 苍穹 蒼穹 cāng qióng the blue dome of heaven syn 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 吃水 chī shuǐ drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship) syn 沧海桑田 滄海桑田 cāng hǎi sāng tián lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world syn 天蓝 天藍 tiān lán sky blue syn 水陆 水陸 shuǐ lù water and land / by water and land (transport) / amphibian / delicacies from land and sea syn 青花 qīng huā blue and white (porcelain) 绿水 綠水 lǜ shuǐ green water / crystal-clear water syn 上水 shàng shuǐ upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) syn 青花瓷 qīng huā cí blue and white porcelain 蓝藻 藍藻 lán zǎo cyanobacterium (blue-green alga) 泡饭 泡飯 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water 水柱 shuǐ zhù stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet) / jet of water 碧空 bì kōng the blue sky syn 花露水 huā lù shuǐ perfumed toilet water / eau de cologne / floral water / hydrosol syn 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 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 蓝筹股 藍籌股 lán chóu gǔ blue chip stock 出水 chū shuǐ to discharge water / to appear out of the water / to break the surface 进水 進水 jìn shuǐ to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water 饮水机 飲水機 yǐn shuǐ jī water dispenser / water cooler / drinking fountain 淡蓝色 淡藍色 dàn lán sè light blue 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 苍龙 蒼龍 cāng lóng Blue Dragon, other name of the Azure Dragon 青龍|青龙 (the seven mansions of the east sky) syn 绩优股 績優股 jì yōu gǔ gilt-edged stock / blue chip stock 青出于蓝 青出於藍 qīng chū yú lán lit. green is born of blue, but beats blue (idiom) / fig. the student becomes superior to the master / same as couplet 青出於藍,而勝於藍|青出于蓝,而胜于蓝 syn 蓝龙 藍龍 lán lóng blue 烧水 燒水 shāo shuǐ to heat water / to boil water 蓝月亮 藍月亮 lán yuè liang Blue Moon, a hypothetical planet 水渍 水漬 shuǐ zì water spot / water stain / wet spot / damp patch / water damage 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 石青 shí qīng azurite / copper azurite 2CuCO3-Cu(OH)2 / azure blue 滑水 huá shuǐ water skiing / to water-ski 宝蓝 寶藍 bǎo lán sapphire blue 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 藏青色 zàng qīng sè navy blue 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 蓝色基因 藍色基因 lán sè jī yīn Blue 碱水 鹼水 jiǎn shuǐ lye water / alkaline water (used in cooking) 蓝 藍 lán blue / indigo plant syn 汤 湯 tāng soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled syn 青 qīng green / blue / black / youth / young (of people) syn 碧 bì green jade / bluish green / blue / jade syn 苍 蒼 cāng dark blue / deep green / ash-gray syn 青瓦台 青瓦臺 qīng wǎ tái the Blue House (or Cheong Wa Dae), formerly the residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul (1948-2022), now a public park 海军蓝 海軍藍 hǎi jūn lán navy blue syn 汛 xùn high water / flood / to sprinkle water syn 踩水 cǎi shuǐ to tread water / to paddle or tramp in shallow water 沧 滄 cāng (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold 水烟袋 水煙袋 shuǐ yān dài water bong / water pipe / hookah syn 缥 縹 piǎo (literary) light blue / (literary) light blue silk fabric 莼菜 蓴菜 chún cài water shield (Brasenia schreberi), an edible water plant 青天霹雳 青天霹靂 qīng tiān pī lì thunder from a clear sky (idiom) / a bolt from the blue 舀水 yǎo shuǐ to ladle water / to scoop up water 