绿水 (綠水)
lu:4 shuǐ
Pinyin
Definition
绿水 (綠水)
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- green water
- crystal-clear water
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
绿色能源的利用保护了绿水青山、改善了生产生活环境,也为农村旅游产业兴起踏出新路子。
The use of green energy has protected the green mountains and hills, improved the production and living environment, and also set a new path for the development of rural tourism industry.
说的是啊,那些重污染的企业,每天排放那么多污水、废气,把原本的蓝天绿水污染得这么严重,早就该整治了。
That's right, those heavy-polluting firms release so much polluted water and waste gas every day, seriously polluting what was once the blue sky and crystal-clear water, should have been dealt with long ago.