水师 (水師)
shuǐ shī
Pinyin

Definition

水师 (水師)
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shuǐ shī
  1. navy (in Qing times)

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

不否认是有些风水师瞎说。正统的风水要遵偱五行相生又相克的基本原则。也就是说，你房子附近的金、木、水、火、土要尽可能地平衡。比如，最好有水流过，但水太多也不行，要用土去克水。
bù fǒurèn shì yǒuxiē fēngshuǐshī xiāshuō 。zhèngtǒng de fēngshuǐ yào zūnxún wǔxíng xiāngshēng yòu xiāngkè de jīběnyuánzé 。yějiùshìshuō ，nǐ fángzi fùjìn de jīn 、mù 、shuǐ 、huǒ 、tǔ yào jǐn kěnéng de pínghéng 。bǐrú ，zuìhǎo yǒu shuǐ liúguò ，dàn shuǐ tài duō yě bùxíng ，yào yòng tǔ qù kè shuǐ 。
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那麻烦就大了。我有个朋友，风水师硬叫他把厕所安到原先的书房里。书房哪有管道啊，这不是瞎搞嘛？
nà máfan jiù dà le 。wǒ yǒu ge péngyou ，fēngshuǐshī yìng jiào tā bǎ cèsuǒ āndào yuánxiān de shūfáng lǐ 。shūfáng nǎyǒu guǎndào a ，zhè bù shì xiāgǎo ma ？
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