浇水 (澆水)
jiāo shuǐ
Pinyin
Definition
浇水 (澆水)
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- to water (plants etc)
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
每天要给所有的植物浇水,要把门锁好,对了,别跑出去玩,别吃很多冰淇淋。
You need to water all the plants every day, lock the door-- oh, yeah, don't go running around looking for fun, and don't eat a lot of ice cream.
还好,只要给它们浇水、晒太阳、施肥就行了。
It's all right, as long as you water it, have sunlight, and fertilize it's enough.