水桶
shuǐ tǒng
Pinyin

Definition

水桶
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shuǐ tǒng
  1. bucket

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui
shuǐ píng
  1. 1 level (of achievement etc)
  2. 2 standard
  3. 3 horizontal
shuǐ guǒ
  1. 1 fruit
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
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

唉!虽然我也帮不了什么忙,但是我很愿意当你的苦水桶,你有什么话想找人聊聊,随时可以找我。
ài !suīrán wǒ yě bāngbuliǎo shénme máng ,dànshì wǒ hěn yuànyì dāng nǐ de kǔshuǐtǒng ,nǐ yǒu shénme huà xiǎng zhǎo rén liáoliao ,suíshí kěyǐ zhǎo wǒ 。
A: Agh! Although I can't do anything, I'm happy to be a shoulder for you to cry on. If you ever need to chat, you can always call me.
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