横流 橫流 héng liú to overflow / transverse flow / to flow over / cross flow syn 回流 huí liú to flow back / reflux / circumfluence / refluence / backward flow / returning flow (e.g. of talent) 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 倒灌 dào guàn to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) / reverse flow / to back up (sewage) 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 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 注水 zhù shuǐ to pour water into / to inject water into 流入 liú rù to flow into / to drift into / influx / inflow syn 分流 fēn liú to diverge / to divert / to divide into separate streams (river flow, traffic etc) / to stream (students into different programs) / to reassign (redundant staff) syn 流 liú to flow / to disseminate / to circulate or spread / to move or drift / to degenerate / to banish or send into exile / stream of water or sth resembling one / class, rate or grade syn 肥水不流外人田 féi shuǐ bù liú wài rén tián lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb) 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.) 流向 liú xiàng direction of a current / direction of flow / to flow toward 客流 kè liú passenger flow / customer flow 倒流 dào liú to flow backwards / reverse flow 流速 liú sù flow speed / rate of flow 滚压成形机床 flow-forming machine / flow-turning machine 定常流 dìng cháng liú stationary flow / steady flow 低水位 dī shuǐ wèi minimum flow / low flow 基因流动 jī yīn liú dòng gene flow / genetic flow 连续流动生物测定 連續流動生物測定 lián xù liú dòng shēng wù cè dìng flow-through bioassay / continuous flow bioassay 连续流动活体检定 連續流動活体檢定 lián xù liú dòng huó tǐ jiǎn dìng flow-through bioassay / continuous flow bioassay 滚压成形 滾壓成形 flow-forming / flow-turning / power roll forming 投入 tóu rù to throw into / to put into / to throw oneself into / to participate in / to invest in / absorbed / engrossed syn 纳入 納入 nà rù to bring into / to channel into / to integrate into / to incorporate 载入 載入 zǎi rù to load into / to record / to write into / to enter (data) / to go into (the records) / to go down (in history) 钻进 鑽進 zuān jìn to get into / to dig into (studies, job etc) / to squeeze into syn 挤进 擠進 jǐ jìn to break into / to force one's way into / to barge into 塑造成 sù zào chéng to shape into / to mold (into some form) / to fashion into 钻 鑽 zuān to drill / to bore / to get into / to make one's way into / to enter (a hole) / to thread one's way through / to study intensively / to dig into / to curry favor for personal gain syn 落水 luò shuǐ to fall into water / to sink / overboard / fig. to degenerate / to sink (into depravity) / to go to the dogs syn 赴汤蹈火 赴湯蹈火 fù tāng dǎo huǒ lit. to jump into scalding water and plunge into raging fire (idiom) / fig. to brave any danger / to go to any lengths (for a noble cause) syn 投 tóu to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc) / to cast (a ballot) / to cast (a glance, a shadow etc) / to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine) / to send (a letter, a manuscript etc) / to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide) / to go to / to seek refuge / to place oneself into the hands of / (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water syn 拖人下水 tuō rén xià shuǐ lit. to pull sb into the water / fig. to involve sb in a messy business / to get sb into trouble 拖下水 tuō xià shuǐ lit. to pull sb into the water / to involve sb in a messy business / to get sb into trouble 汇入 匯入 huì rù to flow into / to converge (of river) / (computing) to import (data) 盲流 máng liú (PRC) flow of people from the countryside into the cities / rural migrant without definite prospects / drifter syn 漎 cóng a place where small streams flow into a large one 回血 huí xuè (medicine) (of blood) to flow back into the IV tube / (gaming) to restore health points / (fig.) to recover (to some extent) 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 水量 shuǐ liàng volume of water / quantity of flow 沉浮 chén fú lit. sinking and floating / to bob up and down on water / ebb and flow / fig. rise and fall / ups and downs of fortune / vicissitudes syn 源远流长 源遠流長 yuán yuǎn liú cháng lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom) / fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past / a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then syn 山洪 shān hóng deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt syn 湍急 tuān jí rapid (flow of water) syn 潺 chán flow / trickle (of water) 洏 ér to flow (as water or tears) 湋 wéi to flow back (of water) 铁打的衙门,流水的官 鐵打的衙門,流水的官 tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom) / fig. government officials come and go 𬶏 鮠 wéi a kind of shad with a head like a sturgeon / to flow back (of water) 㳘 chōng (literary) (of a mountain stream) to flow down / (onom.) sound of flowing water 产生 產生 chǎn shēng to arise / to come into being / to come about / to give rise to / to bring into being / to bring about / to produce / to engender / to generate syn 变成 變成 biàn chéng to change into / to turn into / to become syn 引入 yǐn rù to draw into / to pull into / to introduce 导入 導入 dǎo rù to introduce into / to channel / to lead / to guide into / to import (data) 分成 fēn chéng to divide (into) / to split a bonus / to break into / tenths / percentage allotment syn 注入 zhù rù to pour into / to empty into syn 探究 tàn jiū to investigate / to delve / to probe / to enquire into / to look into syn 投产 投產 tóu chǎn to put into production / to put into operation 细分 細分 xì fēn to divide (into subgroups etc) / to break down (into subcategories, subprocesses etc) syn 化作 huà zuò to change into / to turn into / to become syn 接轨 接軌 jiē guǐ railtrack connection / to integrate into sth / to dock / to connect / to be in step with / to bring into line with / to align syn 引诱 引誘 yǐn yòu to coerce (sb into doing sth bad) / to lure (into a trap) / to seduce syn 沉沦 沉淪 chén lún to sink into (vice, depravity etc) / to pass into oblivion / downfall / passing syn 坠入 墜入 zhuì rù to drop into / to fall into syn 跻身 躋身 jī shēn to rise into the ranks of / to be among (the best) / to get into (an industry, trade etc) syn 冲入 衝入 chōng rù to rush into / to break into 切入 qiē rù to cut into / to penetrate deeply into (a topic, area etc) / (sports) (soccer etc) to penetrate (the defenses of the opposing team) / (cinema) to cut (to the next scene) 碰见 碰見 pèng jiàn to run into / to meet (unexpectedly) / to bump into syn 跳进 跳進 tiào jìn to plunge into / to jump into 恼羞成怒 惱羞成怒 nǎo xiū chéng nù to fly into a rage out of humiliation / to be ashamed into anger (idiom) syn 编队 編隊 biān duì to form into columns / to organize into teams / formation (of ships or aircraft) 窥探 窺探 kuī tàn to pry into or spy on / to snoop / to peep / to poke one's nose into / to peer / to get a glimpse of syn 分列 fēn liè to divide into rows / to identify subcategories / to break down into constituent parts / breakdown / disaggregation 缩进 縮進 suō jìn to retreat into / to draw back into / (typography) to indent 诱使 誘使 yòu shǐ to lure into / to entrap / to trick into / to entice / to induce / to invite / to tempt syn 刺探 cì tàn to pry into / to spy on / to probe into syn 分装 分裝 fēn zhuāng to divide into portions / to package in smaller quantities / to separate into loads 破涕为笑 破涕為笑 pò tì wéi xiào to turn tears into laughter (idiom) / to turn grief into happiness 排空 pái kōng to drain out / to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky 挤入 擠入 jǐ rù to squeeze in / to force oneself into / to cram into / to intrude 挖开 挖開 wā kāi to dig into / to cut a mine into 化 huà to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform / abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2] syn 猛撞 měng zhuàng to slam (into) / to smash (into) 坠海 墜海 zhuì hǎi to fall into the ocean / to crash into the ocean 撞 zhuàng to knock against / to bump into / to run into / to meet by accident syn 避坑落井 bì kēng luò jǐng to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom) / out of the frying pan into the fire syn