洪水 hóng shuǐ deluge / flood syn 淹没 淹沒 yān mò to submerge / to drown / to flood / to drown out (also fig.) syn 充斥 chōng chì to be full of / to flood / to congest syn 耗尽 耗盡 hào jìn to exhaust / to use up / to deplete / to drain 挤出 擠出 jǐ chū to squeeze out / to extrude / to drain / to find the time / to burst out 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 宣泄 宣洩 xuān xiè to drain (by leading off water) / to unburden oneself / to divulge / to leak a secret syn 自来水 自來水 zì lái shuǐ running water / tap water 排水 pái shuǐ to drain 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 排泄 排洩 pái xiè to drain (factory waste etc) / to excrete (urine, sweat etc) syn 前功尽弃 前功盡棄 qián gōng jìn qì to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom) / all that has been achieved goes down the drain syn 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 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 水性 shuǐ xìng swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc) 积水 積水 jī shuǐ to collect water / to be covered with water / to pond / accumulated water / ponding syn 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) 水道 shuǐ dào watercourse (river, canal, drain etc) / water route / lane (in a swimming pool) syn 凉水 涼水 liáng shuǐ cool water / unboiled water 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 水灾 水災 shuǐ zāi flood / flood damage syn 废水 廢水 fèi shuǐ waste water / drain water / effluent 外流 wài liú outflow / to flow out / to drain 洪流 hóng liú a powerful current / a flood (often fig., e.g. a flood of ideas) syn 水资源 水資源 shuǐ zī yuán water resources / drinking water 排污 pái wū to drain sewage 滴水 dī shuǐ water drop / dripping water 大水 dà shuǐ flood syn 净水 淨水 jìng shuǐ clean water / purified water 浸水 jìn shuǐ to immerse in water / to drench / to inundate / irrigation water 防洪 fáng hóng flood control / flood prevention 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 泛滥成灾 泛濫成災 fàn làn chéng zāi lit. to flood (idiom) / fig. rampant / in plague proportions 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 洪灾 洪災 hóng zāi flood syn 倒灌 dào guàn to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) / reverse flow / to back up (sewage) syn 洪涝 洪澇 hóng lào flood / inundation / flooding syn 泄洪 洩洪 xiè hóng to release flood water / flood discharge 泡饭 泡飯 pào fàn to soak cooked rice in soup or water / cooked rice reheated in boiling water 百年不遇 bǎi nián bù yù only met with once every hundred years (drought, flood etc) syn 水柱 shuǐ zhù stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet) / jet of water 洪峰 hóng fēng flood peak syn 花露水 huā lù shuǐ perfumed toilet water / eau de cologne / floral water / hydrosol 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 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 防汛 fáng xùn flood control / anti-flood (precautions) syn 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 饮水机 飲水機 yǐn shuǐ jī water dispenser / water cooler / drinking fountain 抗洪 kàng hóng to fight a flood 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 汛期 xùn qī flood season 刷屏 shuā píng to flood (on an Internet forum etc) 地漏 dì lòu drain / underground drainpipe / floor gutter / 25th of 2nd lunar month 排空 pái kōng to drain out / to empty / to discharge (waste gas) into the air / to soar up into the sky 长驱直入 長驅直入 cháng qū zhí rù to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom) / (fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth / to flood in 烧水 燒水 shāo shuǐ to heat water / to boil water 流泻 流瀉 liú xiè to flow / to flood syn 水渍 水漬 shuǐ zì water spot / water stain / wet spot / damp patch / water damage 人才流失 rén cái liú shī brain drain / outflow of talent 浇花 澆花 jiāo huā to water the plants / to water the garden 水上运动 水上運動 shuǐ shàng yùn dòng water sports / aquatic motion / movement over water 菱角 líng jiǎo water caltrop or water chestnut (genus Trapa) syn 原水 yuán shuǐ raw water / unpurified water 滑水 huá shuǐ water skiing / to water-ski 排涝 排澇 pái lào to drain flooded fields 汛情 xùn qíng water levels during the flood season 苏打水 蘇打水 sū dá shuǐ soda water / carbonated water 水罐 shuǐ guàn container for holding and pouring water (or other liquid): jug, pitcher, clay jar, jerry can, water bottle etc 泽泻 澤瀉 zé xiè common water plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) / water plantain rhizome (used in TCM) syn 枯水 kū shuǐ scarce water / low water level 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 水害 shuǐ hài flood damage syn 碱水 鹼水 jiǎn shuǐ lye water / alkaline water (used in cooking) 分洪 fēn hóng to separate flood / flood defense 排 pái a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 排 pǎi a row / a line / to set in order / to arrange / to line up / to eliminate / to drain / to push open / platoon / raft / classifier for lines, rows etc syn 汤 湯 tāng soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled syn 淋 lìn to filter / to strain / to drain / gonorrhea / (TCM) strangury syn 淹 yān to flood / to submerge / to drown / to irritate the skin (of liquids) / to delay syn 泛 fàn (bound form) general / non-specific / extensive / pan- / to flood / (literary) to float about / to be suffused with (a color, emotion, odor etc) syn 洪 hóng flood / big / great syn 泻 瀉 xiè to flow out swiftly / to flood / a torrent / diarrhea / laxative syn 渠 qú (artificial) stream / canal / drain / ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2]) / (literary) big / great / (dialect) he / she / him / her / (old) rim of a carriage wheel / felloe syn 汛 xùn high water / flood / to sprinkle water syn 踩水 cǎi shuǐ to tread water / to paddle or tramp in shallow water 水烟袋 水煙袋 shuǐ yān dài water bong / water pipe / hookah syn 旱涝保收 旱澇保收 hàn lào bǎo shōu to provide a stable crop, regardless of drought or flood / to bring a stable income 