赤水河
Chì shuǐ Hé
Pinyin

Definition

赤水河
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Chì shuǐ Hé
  1. Chishui River, tributary of Wei in Shaanxi

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)
  1. 1 river
  2. 2 classifier: 条 tiáo
  3. 3 classifier: 道 dào

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.)
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left