洪水
hóng shuǐ
Pinyin
Definition
洪水
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- deluge
- flood
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
威尼斯位于潟湖之中，狂风经常将水灌进这座城市，导致洪水。
Venice is located in a lagoon which often leads to flooding when heavy winds blow (pour) water into the city.
副市长路易吉布鲁尼亚罗说，在建的水下坝原本应能阻挡洪水，建设项目却因超支和腐败一拖再拖。
Deputy Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said that the underwater dam currently under construction could have prevented the floods. However the construction project was delayed due to overspending and corruption.
切，他来接我才有鬼呢，我们昨天刚痛快淋漓地吵了一架，他一定巴不得我被洪水冲走吧！
Hmph, something would be up if he did. Yesterday we had quite a spirited argument, I think he'd be happy if I was swept away in a flood!
尼罗河每年都会泛滥。洪水到来时，会淹没河两岸的农田。洪水退去后，又会留下一层厚厚的河泥，形成肥沃的土壤。
The Nile floods every year. When flood waters arrive, they cover the fields on both banks of the river. When the flood waters recede, they leave a layer of thick river mud, resulting in fertile soil.
你相不相信会有世界末日那一天？到时候就像电影里那样，地震洪水，山崩地裂，全人类面临毁灭。
Do you believe there will be a doomsday? Just like in the movies: earthquakes and floods, mountains collapsing and the ground opening up, all of humanity being faced with extermination.
你扯哪儿去了，那首歌是讲爱情的，和地震洪水有什么关系。
What are you talking about? That song is about love. What does it have to do with earthquakes and floods?
我觉得除了温室效应，肯定还有一股神秘的力量。你看，这几年的自然灾害简直就像好莱坞的电影情节。洪水、地震、海啸、......而且说来就来，破坏力极强，绝对是世界末日的征兆。