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.) 跨界水体的联合管理 跨界水體的聯合管理 joint management of transboundary water bodies 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 运行 運行 yùn xíng (of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course / (fig.) to function / to be in operation / (of a train service etc) to operate / to run / (of a computer) to run syn 一败涂地 一敗塗地 yī bài tú dì lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom) / fig. to suffer a crushing defeat syn 星象 xīng xiàng aspect of the celestial bodies (used for navigation and astrology) 红头文件 紅頭文件 hóng tóu wén jiàn red-letterhead document, an official document with the name of the issuing government agency printed in red at the top, circulated to relevant bodies 生命在于运动 生命在於運動 shēng mìng zài yú yùn dòng life is motion (popular saying with many possible interpretations) / Physical effort is vital for our bodies to function (Aristotle). / Life derives from physical exercise. 杂沓 雜沓 zá tà small craftsman (contemptuous) / clatter (e.g. of footsteps) / jumbled mass / press of bodies / tumult syn 具 jù tool / device / utensil / equipment / instrument / talent / ability / to possess / to have / to provide / to furnish / to state / classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies syn 内含体 內含體 nèi hán tǐ inclusion bodies 七政四余 七政四餘 qī zhèng sì yú seven heavenly bodies and four imaginary stars (in astrology and feng shui) 星曜 xīng yào heavenly bodies (esp. the sun, moon or five visible planets) 边庭 邊庭 biān tíng bodies governing a border area 联合国机构 聯合國機構 lián hé guó jī gòu United Nations bodies FATF形式的区域机构 FATF Style Regional Bodies 理事机构秘书处 理事機構秘書處 Secretariat for Governing Bodies 指导各国在月球和其他天体上活动的协定 指導各國在月球和其他天體上活動的協定 Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies / Moon Agreement 月球协定 月球協定 yuè qiú xié dìng Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies / Moon Agreement 欧洲联盟各机构翻译中心 歐洲聯盟各機構翻譯中心 Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union 北京准则 北京准則 běi jīng zhǔn zé Guidelines for the Establishment and Development of National Coordinating Committees on Disability or Similar Bodies / Beijing Guidelines 贸易促进组织和其他外贸机构世界名录 貿易促進組織和其他外貿機構世界名錄 World Directory of Trade Promotion Organizations and Other Foreign Trade Bodies 外空条约 外空條約 Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies / Outer Space Treaty 条约机构 條約機構 Treaty-based bodies 宪章机构 憲章机构 xiàn zhāng jī gòu Charter-based bodies 人权条约机构委员会间会议 人權條約機構委員會間會議 inter-committee meeting of the human rights treaty bodies 人权条约机构主席会议 人權條約機構主席會議 Meeting of chairpersons of human rights treaty bodies 国际人权条约机构维也纳声明 國際人權條約機構維也納聲明 Vienna statement of the international human rights treaty bodies 西非会计机构协会 西非會計機構協會 Association of Accountancy Bodies of West Africa 世界各国科学决策机构名录 世界各國科學決策機構名錄 World Directory of National Science Policy-making Bodies 中央审查机构秘书处 中央審查機構秘書處 Secretariat of the Central Review Bodies 条约机构工作方法统一问题工作组 條約機構工作方法統一問題工作組 Working Group on the Harmonization of Working Methods of Treaty Bodies 禁毒机构 禁毒機構 drug bodies 历数 曆數 lì shù (literary) movements of celestial bodies / destiny / calendar system 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 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 恶水 惡水 è shuǐ dirty water / water that is unfit to drink / slops 