| 释义 |
Examples:counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action—water spinach or ong choy (Ipomoea aquatica), used as a vegetable in south China and southeast Asia—arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, a water plant)—lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring—using a wicker basket draw water (idiom); wasted effort—water-driven armillary sphere (Zhang Heng's famous astronomical apparatus)—Lin Chong, one of the Heroes of the Marsh in Water Margin—flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc)—lit. a pavilion near the water (idiom); fig. using one's proximity the powerful to obtain favor—with back the mountain and facing the water (favored location)—karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)—(literary) (of a body of water) broad and deep—lit. distant water does not cure present thirst; fig. urgent need—be taken dissolved in boiling water (of Chinese herbal medicine)—the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism)—lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure—standpipe (fire-fighting water storage system for a building)—the movement of a fish's mouth at the surface of the water—fish (meaning variable: mackerel, anchovy, fresh-water fish)—Donghai Bridge, 32.5 km bridge between Shanghai and the offshore Yangshan deep-water port—bitter water (e.g. mineral water containing sulfates)—water once spilt cannot be retrieved (idiom); irreversible change—lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow inothers' field—fish and water (metaphor for an intimate relationship or inseparability)—a kind of water bird resembling a mandarin duck—you can lead a horse water but you can't make him drink—water-boarding, interrogation technique used by CIA—the person who drinks it knows best whether the water is hot or cold (Zen proverb); self-awareness comes from within—stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc)—water screen (screen formed of sprayed water droplets, used for displaying projected images, for temperature control, or for air purification)—You can lead a horse water, but you can't make him drink. [idiom.]—classifier for medicine in tablet form；small flat items in form of a slice, piece, disk or scrap；a meadow, forest, clouds，area of skin，large stretch of water e.g. ocean or lake；mental or real image of good harvest or great happiness；sound of footsteps or laughter； warmheartedness.—classifier for objects in a handheld bottle, vial, or flask, such a bottle of water— |