下水

xiàshuǐ
  1. downstream
  2. to go into the water
  3. to put into water
  4. to launch (a ship)
  5. fig. to fall into bad ways
  6. to lead astray
  7. to go to pot

CEDICT

  1. (ships) to be launched; to enter the water
  2. downstream; going downstream
  3. sewage
  4. to be launched; to enter the water
  5. to fall into evil ways; to take to evildoing
  6. to soak in water to shrink cloth or fabric before use
  7. water drainage, especially after waterlogging

Wiktionary

  1. 进入水裡。
  2. 放水。
  3. 自上游顺流而下。
  4. 比喻从事赌、嫖、偷、盗等勾当。
  5. 将船舶从船台、船坞等建造区域，移至水域的过程，称为「下水」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 下游的，顺流的
  2. 使用布或织物前将其浸泡在水中使其收缩
  3. 入伙做坏事
  4. 污水
  5. 进入水中

維基詞典

Homographs

下水 xiàshui
  1. offal
  2. viscera
  3. tripe

Entry Composition

1 下 xià
  1. down
  2. downwards
  3. below
  4. lower
  5. later
  6. next (week etc)
  7. second (of two parts)
  8. to decline
  9. to go down
  10. to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc)
  11. measure word to show the frequency of an action
2 水 shuǐ
  1. water
  2. (after a name) ... River
  3. to swim (used mostly in 会水 huìshuǐ and 水性 shuǐxìng)
  4. (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
  5. (bound form) additional cost; extra income
  6. classifier for washings of a garment

Containing this entry

下水礼 xiàshuǐlǐ launching ceremony
下水管 xiàshuǐguǎn drainpipe
下水道 xiàshuǐdào sewer
拖下水 tuōxiàshuǐ
  1. lit. to pull sb into the water
  2. to involve sb in a messy business
  3. to get sb into trouble
拖人下水 tuōrénxiàshuǐ
  1. lit. to pull sb into the water
  2. fig. to involve sb in a messy business
  3. to get sb into trouble
猪下水 zhūxiàshuǐ pig offal

Related entries

下游 xiàyóu
  1. lower reaches (of a river)
  2. lower level
  3. lower echelon
  4. downstream
我們乘著獨木舟向河的下游而行。

We went down a river by canoe.

Source: Tatoeba

开展 kāizhǎn
  1. to launch
  2. to develop
  3. to unfold
  4. (of an exhibition etc) to open
射 shè
  1. to shoot
  2. to launch
  3. to allude to
  4. radio- (chemistry)
我要射了！

I am going to shoot!

Source: Tatoeba

弹射 tánshè
  1. to catapult
  2. to launch
  3. to eject (from a plane)
  4. to shoot
发动 fādòng
  1. to start
  2. to launch
  3. to unleash
  4. to mobilize
  5. to arouse
沒有發動反擊。

No counterattack was launched.

Source: Tatoeba

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