水垢
shuǐ gòu
Pinyin

Definition

水垢
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shuǐ gòu
  1. limescale

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

水
Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui
水平
shuǐ píng
  1. 1 level (of achievement etc)
  2. 2 standard
  3. 3 horizontal
水果
shuǐ guǒ
  1. 1 fruit
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
水瓶座
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
一头雾水
yī tóu wù shuǐ
  1. 1 to be confused
  2. 2 to be baffled

Idioms (20)

一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 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
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts

Sample Sentences

这个醋啊，还是我们生活中的小帮手。它能用来消毒。在流感季节，关闭房间门窗，把醋用小锅加热蒸发，能杀灭空气中的病菌。用醋来擦拭金属器皿，能够光亮如新。暖水瓶里的水垢也可以用醋来清除。
zhège cù a ，hái shì wǒmen shēnghuó zhōng de xiǎo bāngshou 。tā néng yònglái xiāodú 。zài liúgǎnjìjié ，guānbì fángjiān ménchuāng ，bǎ cù yòng xiǎoguō jiārè zhēngfā ，néng shāmiè kōngqì zhōng de bìngjūn 。yòng cù lái cāshì jīnshǔ qìmǐn ，nénggòu guāngliàng rúxīn 。nuǎnshuǐpíng lǐ de shuǐgòu yě kěyǐ yòng cù lái qīngchú 。
Let me see...vinegar is really a great little helper. It can disinfect things. During flu season, when your doors and windows are shut, use a little pot to evaporate some vinegar and you'll be able to kill off the bacteria in the air. You can wipe off metallic things with vinegar, and they'll sparkle like new. You can also use vinegar to clean out your thermos.
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