水稻
shuǐ dào
Pinyin

Definition

水稻
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shuǐ dào
  1. rice
  2. paddy
  3. CL:株[zhū]

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)
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

目前,中国是最大的水稻和小麦生产国。水稻、小麦、玉米三大谷物自给率超过95%。
mùqián ,Zhōngguó shì zuìdà de shuǐdào hé xiǎomài shēngchǎnguó 。shuǐdào 、xiǎomài 、yùmǐ sāndà gǔwù zìjǐlǜ chāoguò 。
Currently, China is the largest producer of rice and wheat. The self-sufficiency rate of rice, wheat and corn is over 95%.