私人 sī rén private / personal / interpersonal / sb with whom one has a close personal relationship / a member of one's clique syn 交往 jiāo wǎng to associate (with) / to have contact (with) / to hang out (with) / to date / (interpersonal) relationship / association / contact syn 关联 關聯 guān lián to be related / to be connected / relationship / connection syn 血统 血統 xuè tǒng blood relationship / lineage / parentage syn 义 義 yì justice / righteousness / meaning / foster (father etc) / adopted / artificial (tooth, limb etc) / relationship / friendship syn 破裂 pò liè to burst / to rupture / (of a relationship etc) to break down syn 人情 rén qíng human emotions / social relationship / friendship / favor / a good turn syn 泥土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay syn 粪便 糞便 fèn biàn excrement / feces / night soil syn 冷战 冷戰 lěng zhàn cold war / (fig.) strained relationship / to be barely on speaking terms 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 水源 shuǐ yuán water source / water supply / headwaters of a river syn 肌肤 肌膚 jī fū skin / flesh / fig. close physical relationship syn 土壤 tǔ rǎng soil syn 冷水 lěng shuǐ cold water / unboiled water / fig. not yet ready (of plans) syn 自来水 自來水 zì lái shuǐ running water / tap water 人际关系 人際關系 rén jì guān xì interpersonal relationship 第三者 dì sān zhě sb who is romantically involved with sb already in a committed relationship / the other woman / the other man / third person / third party (in dispute) / disinterested party / number three in a list syn 缘分 緣分 yuán fèn fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny syn 失恋 失戀 shī liàn to lose one's love / to break up (in a romantic relationship) / to feel jilted 流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained syn 清水 qīng shuǐ fresh water / drinking water / clear water 放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game syn 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 淡水 dàn shuǐ potable water (water with low salt content) / fresh water 饮用水 飲用水 yǐn yòng shuǐ drinking water / potable water 渊源 淵源 yuān yuán origin / source / relationship syn 盆栽 pén zāi to grow (a plant) in a pot / potted plant (sometimes refers specifically to a bonsai plant) 水枪 水槍 shuǐ qiāng water pistol (toy) / water gun / sprinkler / water cannon 开水 開水 kāi shuǐ boiled water / boiling water syn 谈情说爱 談情說愛 tán qíng shuō ài to murmur endearments (idiom) / to get into a romantic relationship syn 水性 shuǐ xìng swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc) 松软 鬆軟 sōng ruǎn flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil) syn 积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn 情场 情場 qíng chǎng affairs of the heart / mutual relationship 注水 zhù shuǐ to pour water into / to inject water into 取水 qǔ shuǐ water intake / to obtain water (from a well etc) 私通 sī tōng to have secret ties with / to be in covert communication with (the enemy etc) / to engage in an illicit sexual relationship / adultery syn 大粪 大糞 dà fèn human excrement / night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) syn 断交 斷交 duàn jiāo to end a relationship / to break off diplomatic ties syn 暧昧关系 曖昧關係 ài mèi guān xì shady relationship / affair / adulterous relationship 因缘 因緣 yīn yuán chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect syn 凉水 涼水 liáng shuǐ cool water / unboiled water syn 沙土 shā tǔ sandy soil 粪土 糞土 fèn tǔ dirty soil / dung and dirt / (fig.) worthless thing syn 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 废水 廢水 fèi shuǐ waste water / drain water / effluent 水资源 水資源 shuǐ zī yuán water resources / drinking water 乡土 鄉土 xiāng tǔ native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) syn 情变 情變 qíng biàn loss of love / breakup of a relationship 滴水 dī shuǐ water drop / dripping water 净水 淨水 jìng shuǐ clean water / purified water 红土 紅土 hóng tǔ red soil / laterite syn 地力 dì lì fertility / productivity (of soil or land) syn 浸水 jìn shuǐ to immerse in water / to drench / to inundate / irrigation water 坚冰 jiān bīng ice / (fig.) frosty relationship 整地 zhěng dì to prepare the soil (agriculture) syn 土层 土層 tǔ céng layer of soil / ground level 亲缘 親緣 qīn yuán blood relationship / genetic relationship / consanguinity syn 黄土 黃土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) 水汪汪 shuǐ wāng wāng watery / waterlogged (soil) / limpid / bright and intelligent (eyes) syn 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 吃水 chī shuǐ drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship) syn 灰土 huī tǔ dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol syn 耕田 gēng tián to cultivate soil / to till fields syn 水陆 水陸 shuǐ lù water and land / by water and land (transport) / amphibian / delicacies from land and sea syn 绿水 綠水 lǜ shuǐ green water / crystal-clear water syn 上水 shàng shuǐ upper reaches (of a river) / to go upstream / to add some water / to water (a crop etc) syn 盐碱地 鹽鹼地 yán jiǎn dì saline soil / (fig.) infertile woman syn 土方 tǔ fāng cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]) / (TCM) folk remedy syn 若即若离 若即若離 ruò jí ruò lí lit. seeming neither close nor distant (idiom) / fig. to keep one's distance / (of a relationship) lukewarm / vague syn 泡饭 泡飯 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water 水柱 shuǐ zhù stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet) / jet of water 冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn 花露水 huā lù shuǐ perfumed toilet water / eau de cologne / floral water / hydrosol syn 鱼水 魚水 yú shuǐ fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability) syn 轮作 輪作 lún zuò rotation of crops (to preserve fertility of soil) syn 土地 tǔ dì land / soil / territory / CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4] 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 一号 一號 yī hào first day of the month / toilet / (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) 亲子 親子 qīn zǐ parent and child / parent-child (relationship) / two successive generations 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 缘份 緣份 yuán fèn also written 緣分|缘分 / fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny 出水 chū shuǐ to discharge water / to appear out of the water / to break the surface 进水 進水 jìn shuǐ to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water 吹了 chuī le failed / busted / to have not succeeded / to have died / to have parted company / to have chilled (of a relationship) 饮水机 飲水機 yǐn shuǐ jī water dispenser / water cooler / drinking fountain 水土保持 shuǐ tǔ bǎo chí soil conservation syn 客户关系管理 客戶關係管理 kè hù guān xi guǎn lǐ customer relationship management 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 血缘关系 血緣關係 xuè yuán guān xì blood relationship / consanguinity 男女关系 男女關係 nán nǚ guān xì man-woman connection / intimate relationship 相认 相認 xiāng rèn to know each other / to recognize / to identify / to acknowledge (an old relationship) 干裂 乾裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack / (of skin) to chap syn 追肥 zhuī féi top soil dressing / additional fertilizer 睦邻 睦鄰 mù lín to get on well with one's neighbors / amicable relationship with one's neighbor syn 烧水 燒水 shāo shuǐ to heat water / to boil water 