泓 hóng clear / vast and deep / classifier for a body of clear water syn 清亮 qīng liàng (of sound) clear and resonant / bright / (of eyes) bright / (of water) crystal-clear / limpid / clear (in one's mind) syn 清 qīng (of water etc) clear / clean / quiet / still / pure / uncorrupted / clear / distinct / to clear / to settle (accounts) syn 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 澄清 chéng qīng clear (of liquid) / limpid / to clarify / to make sth clear / to be clear (about the facts) syn 清朗 qīng lǎng clear and bright / unclouded / clear and sonorous (voice) / clear and lively (narrative) syn 清水 qīng shuǐ fresh water / drinking water / clear water 深水方式 shēn shuǐ fāng shì deep-water mode / deep mode 浏 瀏 liú clear / deep (of water) / swift 湛 zhàn deep / clear (water) 潇 瀟 xiāo (of water) deep and clear syn 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.) 绿水 綠水 lǜ shuǐ green water / crystal-clear water syn 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) 清楚 qīng chu clear / distinct / to understand thoroughly / to be clear about syn 可见 可見 kě jiàn it can clearly be seen (that this is the case) / it is (thus) clear / clear / visible syn 鲜明 鮮明 xiān míng (of colors) bright / fresh and clear / clear-cut / distinct syn 明了 明瞭 míng liǎo to understand clearly / to be clear about / plain / clear syn 白 bái white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera syn 口齿清楚 口齒清楚 kǒu chǐ qīng chu clear diction / clear articulation 高朗 gāo lǎng loud and clear / bright and clear 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 沧 滄 cāng (bound form) (of water, esp. the ocean) deep blue-green / (literary) cold 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 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 环极深层水 環极深層水 huán jí shēn céng shuǐ Circumpolar 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) 粼粼 lín lín clear and crystalline (of water) 澈 chè clear (water) / thorough 粼 lín clear (as of water) 滢 瀅 yíng clear / limpid (of water) syn 渌 淥 lù clear (water) / strain liquids 水至清则无鱼 水至清則無魚 shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú 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! 一清如水 yī qīng rú shuǐ lit. as clear as water (idiom) / fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible 潾 lín clear (as of water) 湜 shí clear water / pure 澂 chéng clear and still water 清澈见底 清澈見底 qīng chè jiàn dǐ water so clear you can see the bottom 㵮 chún clear water 碧池 bì chí bitch (loanword) (Internet slang) / clear water pond 水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒 水至清則無魚，人至察則無徒 shuǐ zhì qīng zé wú yú , rén zhì chá zé wú tú (idiom) water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends 清澈透底 qīng chè tòu dǐ (of a body of water) clear enough to see the bottom / limpid 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 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 