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 积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn 陂 bēi pool / pond / bank of a pond / mountain slope / Taiwan pr. [pi2] 宁做鸡头，不做凤尾 寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾 nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom) / fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond 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 泓 hóng clear / vast and deep / classifier for a body of clear water 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 水潭 shuǐ tán water pool / pond syn 塘 táng dyke / embankment / pool or pond / hot-water bathing pool syn 洿 wū dig (a pond) / stagnant water 涂潭 塗潭 tú tán muddy water in a pool or pond 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 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 粼粼 lín lín clear and crystalline (of water) 浏 瀏 liú clear / deep (of water) / swift 湛 zhàn deep / clear (water) 潇 瀟 xiāo (of water) deep and clear syn 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 澄渊 澄淵 chéng yuān clear, deep water 㵮 chún clear water 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 池塘 chí táng pool / pond syn 水池 shuǐ chí pond / pool / sink / washbasin 池子 chí zi pond / bathhouse pool / dance floor of a ballroom / (old) stalls (front rows in a theater) syn 深潭 shēn tán deep natural pond / deep pit / abyss 旁氏 páng shì Pond's (brand of skin care products) 池沼 chí zhǎo pool / pond syn 泽 澤 zé pool / pond / (of metals etc) luster / favor or beneficence / damp / moist syn 荡 蕩 dàng to wash / to squander / to sweep away / to move / to shake / dissolute / pond syn 池 chí pond / reservoir / moat syn 沼 zhǎo pond / pool syn 潭 tán deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression syn 潢 huáng dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll 潴 瀦 zhū pool / pond 溏 táng half congealed / pond 竭泽而渔 竭澤而漁 jié zé ér yú lit. to drain the pond to get at the fish (idiom) / fig. to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs syn 埧 jù diked pond 水凼 shuǐ dàng pond 池鹭 池鷺 chí lù (bird species of China) Chinese pond heron (Ardeola bacchus) 沉潭 chén tán to sink sb to the bottom of a pond (a kind of private punishment, especially for unfaithful wives) 滊 xiē saline pond 潭子 tán zi deep natural pond 潭底 tán dǐ bottom of a (deep) pond 潭影 tán yǐng reflection in a deep pond 稳定塘 穩定塘 wěn dìng táng waste stabilization pond 隐潭 隱潭 yǐn tán hidden pond or pool 庞氏 龐氏 páng shì Ponzi (name) / Pond's (brand of skin care products), also written 旁氏 许愿池 許願池 xǔ yuàn chí wishing pond 尾矿池 yǐ kuàng chí tailings pond 尾水池 yǐ shuǐ chí tailings pond 太阳能池 太陽能池 tài yáng néng chí solar pond 池塘生物 pond life 临渊羡鱼，不如退而结网 臨淵羨魚，不如退而結網 lín yuān xiàn yú , bù rú tuì ér jié wǎng better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish (idiom) / one should take practical steps to achieve one's aim 陂塘 bēi táng pool / pond 塘堰 táng yàn irrigation pond or dam syn 泡子 pāo zi small lake / pond syn 爪哇池鹭 爪哇池鷺 zhǎo wā chí lù (bird species of China) Javan pond heron (Ardeola speciosa) 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 