水塘
shuǐ táng
Pinyin

Definition

水塘
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shuǐ táng
  1. pool

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)
泪水
lèi shuǐ
  1. 1 teardrop
  2. 2 tears

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

好！请看最后一题，选择题。请问下面哪一项是布依族特有的风俗习惯。A哭嫁，B走婚，C泼水节，D除夕之夜全家人通宵达旦地在水塘边守岁。
hǎo ！qǐng kàn zuìhòu yī tí ，xuǎnzé tí 。qǐngwèn xiàmian nǎ yī xiàng shì Bùyīzú tèyǒu de fēngsú xíguàn 。A kūjià ，B zǒuhūn ，C Pōshuǐjié ，D Chúxī zhī yè quánjiārén tōngxiāodádàn de zài shuǐtáng biān shǒusuì 。
OK! Let's take a look at the last question; a multiple choice question. Among the following social customs, which is a custom of the Buyei people - A: crying marriage, B: walking marriage, C: the water festival, or D: staying up all night with one's entire family near a pond on New Year's Eve.
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不管了，我就蒙一下吧。我选D水塘边守岁。
bù guǎn le ，wǒ jiù mēng yīxià ba 。wǒ xuǎn D shuǐtáng biān shǒusuì 。
Whatever, I'll just take a wild guess. I choose D – staying up all night by a pond to bring in the New Year.
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哭嫁和水塘边守岁，这两项我是一点头绪都没有。
kūjià hé shuǐtáng biān shǒusuì ，zhè liǎng xiàng wǒ shì yīdiǎn tóuxù dōu méiyǒu 。
As for the crying marriage and staying up all night by a pond on New Year's Eve, I have no clue.
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