灌水
guàn shuǐ
Pinyin

Definition

灌水
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guàn shuǐ
  1. to irrigate
  2. to pour water into
  3. to inject water into meat to increase its weight (plumping)
  4. to cook the books
  5. to post low-value messages (small talk etc) on Internet forums

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

水
Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui
水平
shuǐ píng
  1. 1 level (of achievement etc)
  2. 2 standard
  3. 3 horizontal
水果
shuǐ guǒ
  1. 1 fruit
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
水瓶座
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
泪水
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

不好说，现在灌水的人多的是。特别是像这种单价高的东西，卖家骗十几二十个人，就能卷走好多钱。
bùhǎoshuō ，xiànzài guànshuǐ de rén duōdeshì 。tèbié shì xiàng zhèzhǒng dānjià gāo de dōngxi ，màijiā piàn shíjǐ èrshí ge rén ，jiù néng juǎnzǒu hǎo duō qián 。
It's hard to say. These days there are plenty of people artificially inflating these things. Especially on these high-priced items, if a seller can swindle 15 or 20 people, he can make off with a lot of money.
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