盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah 盐水 鹽水 yán shuǐ salt water / brine 汹涌 洶湧 xiōng yǒng to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc) / turbulent syn 水边 水邊 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) syn 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 湖泊 hú pō lake syn 咸肉 鹹肉 xián ròu bacon / salt-cured meat syn 明镜 明鏡 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight) 拉客 lā kè to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc) / to importune syn 天鹅湖 天鵝湖 tiān é hú Swan Lake 氯化钠 氯化鈉 lǜ huà nà sodium chloride NaCl / common salt syn 盐巴 鹽巴 yán bā table salt syn 食盐 食鹽 shí yán edible salt syn 游弋 遊弋 yóu yì (of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc syn 千岛湖 千島湖 qiān dǎo hú Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959 淡水湖 dàn shuǐ hú freshwater lake 碳酸盐 碳酸鹽 tàn suān yán carbonate salt (chemistry) 天池 tiān chí "heavenly lake", lake situated on a mountain / used as the name of numerous lakes, such as 長白山天池|长白山天池[Chang2 bai2 shan1 Tian1 chi2] 海盐 海鹽 hǎi yán sea salt 瑶池 瑤池 yáo chí the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母 水浒 水滸 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore 海子 hǎi zi (dialect) wetlands / lake syn 泸沽湖 瀘沽湖 lú gū hú Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan 洞庭湖 dòng tíng hú Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province 断桥 斷橋 duàn qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou) 青海湖 qīng hǎi hú Qinghai Lake (Tibetan: mtsho-sngon) 湖区 湖區 hú qū Lake District, north England 滇池 diān chí lake Dianchi in Yunnan 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape 鄱阳湖 鄱陽湖 pó yáng hú Poyang Lake in Shangrao 上饒|上饶[Shang4 rao2], Jiangxi 柴米油盐 柴米油鹽 chái mǐ yóu yán lit. firewood, rice, oil and salt / fig. life's daily necessities syn 无机盐 無機鹽 wú jī yán inorganic salt 碧螺春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu 洱海 ěr hǎi Erhai Lake 日月潭 rì yuè tán Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan 白洋淀 白洋澱 bái yáng diàn Baiyang Lake in Hebei 纳木错 納木錯 nà mù cuò Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet 雷峰塔 léi fēng tǎ Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake) 咸水 鹹水 xián shuǐ salt water / brine 喀纳斯湖 喀納斯湖 kā nà sī hú Kanas Lake in Xinjiang 竞渡 競渡 jìng dù rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake) syn 芒硝 máng xiāo mirabilite (Na2SO4x10H2O) / Glauber's salt 泡 pāo puffed / swollen / spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces syn 湖 hú lake / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] syn 盐 鹽 yán salt / CL:粒[li4] syn 腌 醃 yān to salt / to pickle / to cure (meat) / to marinate syn 泊 pō lake / Taiwan pr. [bo2] syn 滨 濱 bīn (bound form) water's edge / bank / shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) syn 卤 鹵 lǔ alkaline soil / salt / brine / halogen (chemistry) / crass / stupid 岩盐 岩鹽 yán yán rock salt syn 鹾 鹺 cuó brine / salt syn 潢 huáng dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll 淀山湖 澱山湖 diàn shān hú Dianshan Lake in Shanghai 腌肉 醃肉 yān ròu salt pork / bacon / marinaded meat / cured meat 赛里木湖 賽里木湖 sài lǐ mù hú Sayram Lake in Xinjiang 博斯腾湖 博斯騰湖 bó sī téng hú Bosten Lake in Xinjiang 鄱 pó name of a lake 澧 lǐ Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖[Dong4ting2 Hu2] / surname Li 湖滨 湖濱 hú bīn lake front 西湖 xī hú Xihu or West lake (place name) / West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang / Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan 伊利湖 yī lì hú Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 油盐酱醋 油鹽醬醋 yóu yán jiàng cù (lit.) oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar / (fig.) the trivia of everyday life syn 贝加尔湖 貝加爾湖 bèi jiā ěr hú Lake Baikal, Russia 休伦湖 休倫湖 xiū lún hú Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 人工湖 rén gōng hú artificial lake 草海 cǎo hǎi Caohai Lake, Guizhou 漤 lǎn to soak (fruits) in hot water or limewater to remove astringent taste / to marinate in salt etc / to pickle 镜花水月 鏡花水月 jìng huā shuǐ yuè lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) / fig. an unrealistic rosy view / viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles / also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花 syn 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù pō Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed 雷扎耶湖 léi zhá yē hú Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake / formerly called lake Rezaiyeh 池盐 池鹽 chí yán salt from a salt lake 粗盐 粗鹽 cū yán coarse salt / rock salt 咸盐 鹹鹽 xián yán salt (colloquial) / table salt 咸水沼泽 咸水沼澤 xián shuǐ zhǎo zé salt water marsh / salt marsh 盐穹，盐底辟 鹽穹，鹽底辟 salt dome / salt diapir 细盐 細鹽 xì yán refined salt / table salt 官盐 官鹽 guān yán legally-traded salt (with salt tax paid) 私盐 私鹽 sī yán illegally-traded salt (with salt tax not paid) 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù bó Lop Nor, salt lake and nuclear testing site in Xinjiang 内流河 內流河 nèi liú hé inward flowing river / river flowing into desert or salt lake, e.g. Tarim river 塔里木河 察尔汗盐湖 察爾汗鹽湖 chá ěr hán yán hú Qarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai 盐湖区 鹽湖區 yán hú qū Yanhu district (Salt Lake district) of Yuncheng city 運城市|运城市[Yun4 cheng2 shi4], Shanxi 堰塞湖 yàn sè hú barrier lake / landslide dam / dammed lake 火湖 huǒ hú burning lake / lake of burning sulfur / inferno (in Christian mythology) 富营养湖 富營養湖 fù yíng yǎng hú eutrophic lake / eutrophied lake 沃化湖 wò huà hú eutrophic lake / eutrophied lake 布莱德湖 布萊德湖 bù lái dé hú Lake Bled, glacial lake amid the Julian Alps in Slovenia, adjacent to the town of Bled 邵伯湖 shào bó hú Shaobo Lake, freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province 潟 xì saline land / salt marsh 酸式盐 酸式鹽 suān shì yán acid salt 再制盐 再製鹽 zài zhì yán refined salt 斥卤 斥鹵 chì lǔ saline marsh / salt 柴达木 柴達木 chái dá mù Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. 柴达木盆地 柴達木盆地 chái dá mù pén dì Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. 焗 jú (dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot / to steam / to bake 石盐 石鹽 shí yán rock salt 镁盐 鎂鹽 měi yán magnesium salt 