浇水 (澆水)
jiāo shuǐ
Pinyin

Definition

浇水 (澆水)
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jiāo shuǐ
  1. to water (plants etc)

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)
yī tóu wù shuǐ
  1. 1 to be confused
  2. 2 to be baffled

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

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。
měitiān yào gěi suǒyǒu de zhíwù jiāoshuǐ ,yào bǎ mén suǒ hǎo ,duì le ,bié pǎo chūqù wán ,bié chī hěn duō bīngqílín 。
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.
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还好,只要给它们浇水、晒太阳、施肥就行了。
hái hǎo ,zhǐyào gěi tāmen jiāoshuǐ 、shài tàiyáng 、shīféi jiù xíng le 。
It's all right, as long as you water it, have sunlight, and fertilize it's enough.
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