自来水 (自來水)
zì lái shuǐ
Pinyin

Definition

自来水 (自來水)
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zì lái shuǐ
  1. running water
  2. tap water

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

lái zì
  1. 1 to come from (a place)
  2. 2 From: (in email header)
Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui
  1. 1 self
  2. 2 oneself
  3. 3 from
  4. 4 since
  5. 5 naturally
  6. 6 surely
zì jǐ
  1. 1 oneself
  2. 2 one's own
xià shuǐ
  1. 1 downstream
  2. 2 to go into the water
  3. 3 to put into water
  4. 4 to launch (a ship)
  5. 5 fig. to fall into bad ways
  6. 6 to lead astray
  7. 7 to go to pot

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.)
不敢自专
bù gǎn zì zhuān
  1. 1 not daring to act for oneself (idiom)

Sample Sentences

有的地方连自来水都没有。像你这种有点洁癖的大小姐,保证呆一天就要叫苦连天!
yǒude dìfang lián zìláishuǐ dōu méiyǒu 。xiàng nǐ zhèzhǒng yǒudiǎnr jiépì de dàxiǎojiě ,bǎozhèng dāi yītiān jiùyào jiàokǔliántiān !
Some places don't even have running water. I guarantee that someone like you who's a bit obsessed with cleanliness would be full of complaints after just a day!
不要喝自来水!
bùyào hē zìláishuǐ !
Don’t drink the tap water!