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.) 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 十分 shí fēn very / completely / utterly / extremely / absolutely / hundred percent / to divide into ten equal parts syn 分为 分為 fēn wéi to divide sth into (parts) / to subdivide syn 分成 fēn chéng to divide (into) / to split a bonus / to break into / tenths / percentage allotment syn 划分 劃分 huà fēn to divide up / to partition / to differentiate syn 分裂 fēn liè to split up / to divide / to break up / fission / schism syn 区分 區分 qū fēn to differentiate / to draw a distinction / to divide into categories syn 分工 fēn gōng to divide up the work / division of labor 分组 分組 fēn zǔ to divide into groups / group (formed from a larger group) / subgroup / (computer networking) packet 间隔 間隔 jiàn gé gap / interval / compartment / to divide / to separate / to leave a gap of (two weeks, three meters etc) syn 细分 細分 xì fēn to divide (into subgroups etc) / to break down (into subcategories, subprocesses etc) 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 分隔 fēn gé to divide / to separate / partition syn 分段 fēn duàn to divide (sth) into sections / to segment syn 分给 分給 fēn gěi to divide (and give to others) 分立 fēn lì to establish as separate entities / to divide (a company etc) into independent entities / discrete / separate / separation (of powers etc) 瓜分 guā fēn to partition / to divide up syn 平分 píng fēn to divide evenly / to bisect (geometry) / deuce (tennis) / tied score syn 分列 fēn liè to divide into rows / to identify subcategories / to break down into constituent parts / breakdown / disaggregation 分水岭 分水嶺 fēn shuǐ lǐng dividing range / drainage divide / (fig.) dividing line / watershed syn 分班 fēn bān to divide people into groups, teams, squads etc 分装 分裝 fēn zhuāng to divide into portions / to package in smaller quantities / to separate into loads 分叉 fēn chà fork / bifurcation / to divide syn 分 fēn to divide / to separate / to distribute / to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization) / sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money) syn 等分 děng fēn to divide into equal parts syn 除开 除開 chú kāi besides / except / to get rid of (sb) / (math.) to divide syn 分赃 分贓 fēn zāng to share the booty / to divide ill-gotten gains syn 化整为零 化整為零 huà zhěng wéi líng to break up the whole into pieces (idiom) / dealing with things one by one / divide and conquer 乘除 chéng chú to multiply and divide syn 分封 fēn fēng to divide and confer (property on one's descendants) syn 整除 zhěng chú to divide exactly without remainder (in integer arithmetic) 解 jiě to divide / to break up / to split / to separate / to dissolve / to solve / to melt / to remove / to untie / to loosen / to open / to emancipate / to explain / to understand / to know / a solution / a dissection syn 界别 界別 jiè bié to divide up into different zones / (HK) sector of society / constituency / (taxonomy) kingdom syn 除 chú to get rid of / to remove / to exclude / to eliminate / to wipe out / to divide / except / not including syn 分而治之 fēn ér zhì zhī (idiom) to divide and rule 析 xī to separate / to divide / to analyze syn 劈 pǐ to split in two / to divide syn 九九归一 九九歸一 jiǔ jiǔ guī yī nine divide by nine is one (abacus rule) / when all is said and done 均分 jūn fēn to split / to divide equally syn 劙 lí a divide, to partition 二十四节气 二十四節氣 èr shí sì jié qi the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods 分掉 fēn diào to share / to divide up 分角器 fēn jiǎo qì a protractor (device to divide angles) 另开 另開 lìng kāi to break up / to divide property and live apart / to start on a new (path) 编班 編班 biān bān to group students into classes / to divide people (staff members etc) into groups 开天避地 開天避地 kāi tiān bì dì to open the sky and divide the earth / ref. to Pangu 盤古|盘古 in the Chinese creation myth 知识鸿沟 知識鴻溝 zhī shì hóng gōu knowledge divide 宽带鸿沟 kuān dài hóng gōu broadband divide 地下水分水线 groundwater divide 气候分界 climatic divide 贫穷鸿沟 貧窮鴻溝 pín qióng hóng gōu poverty divide 数字鸿沟 數字鴻溝 digital divide 数码鸿沟 數碼鴻溝 digital divide 2000年消除全球数字鸿沟倡议 2000年消除全球數字鴻溝倡議 Global Digital Divide Initiative 2000 一心二用 yī xīn èr yòng to do two things at once (idiom) / to multitask / to divide one's attention 分久必合，合久必分 fēn jiǔ bì hé , hé jiǔ bì fēn lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) / fig. things are constantly changing 划位 劃位 huà wèi (Tw) to divide up an area / to assign a spot / to allocate a seat / one's assigned spot 粗分 cū fēn broad classification / (when followed by 為|为[wei2]) to roughly divide (into category A, category B, ...) 分肥 fēn féi to unfairly divide benefits, favoring a few 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 进水 進水 jìn shuǐ to have water get in (one's ear, shoes etc) / to get flooded / inflow of water 滴水 dī shuǐ water drop / dripping water 饮水机 飲水機 yǐn shuǐ jī water dispenser / water cooler / drinking fountain 凉水 涼水 liáng shuǐ cool water / unboiled water syn 放水 fàng shuǐ to turn on the water / to let water out / (sports) to throw a game syn 净水 淨水 jìng shuǐ clean water / purified water 水陆 水陸 shuǐ lù water and land / by water and land (transport) / amphibian / delicacies from land and sea syn 取水 qǔ shuǐ water intake / to obtain water (from a well etc) 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 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 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 绿水 綠水 lǜ shuǐ green water / crystal-clear water syn 