水货 (水貨)
shuǐ huò
Pinyin
Definition
水货 (水貨)
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- smuggled goods
- unauthorized goods
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
行货,在苹果旗舰店买的。水货的话好像要越狱什么的,我不会弄,所以只能买个行货咯。
Official. I bought it at an official Apple store. I think you have to do that jailbreak thing with the unofficial phones. I don't know how to do all that, so I just bought an official one.
真麻烦!你这是行货还是水货?
What a pain! Did you buy an official or unofficial one?
喂,我想问一下03472照相机是正品还是水货?
Hello. I want to ask about camera number 03472. Did this go through the proper channels, or is it black market?
小姐,水货的包、衣服要吗?就在附近。
不是吧?你买的是走私的水货手机?这可是很担风险的,而且还不一定能保修......