水池
shuǐ chí
Pinyin
Definition
水池
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- pond
- pool
- sink
- washbasin
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
哎,那个水池里有海星。
Hey, that pool has starfish in it.
梦见你在一个水池边玩儿。
I dreamt that you were playing near a pool.
突然,水池边出现了一条蛇,很大的那种!
Suddenly, a snake appeared next to the pool. It was a really big one!