净水 (淨水)
jìng shuǐ
Pinyin
Definition
净水 (淨水)
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- clean water
- purified water
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一清如水
- 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
- 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
- 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
- 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
- 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
- 3 (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.)
不显山不露水
- 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
Sample Sentences
先煮好面条,然后用纯净水泡一下,捞出来放在盘子里。把蔬菜切好放上去。
First boil the noodles, then rinse them in purified water. After that, pull them out and put them on a plate. Then, finish cutting the veggies and put them on top.