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吃水

chīshuǐ

drinking water
to obtain water (for daily needs)
to absorb water
draft (of ship)

(dialect) drinking water; potable water
(nautical) draft; depth of water drawn by a vessel
draft; depth of water drawn by a vessel
drinking water; potable water
to absorb water
to get domestic water

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Examples

Eat fruit.

Source: Tatoeba

你得吃水果。

You must eat fruits.

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他很少吃水果。

He seldom eats fruits.

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請隨意吃水果。

Please help yourself to the fruit.

Source: Tatoeba

我喜歡吃水果。

I like eating fruit.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

to eat; to consume
to eat at (a cafeteria etc)
to eradicate; to destroy
to absorb
to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)

variant of 吃 chī

water
(after a name) ... River
to swim (used mostly in 會水 huìshuǐ and 水性 shuǐxìng)
(coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
(bound form) additional cost; extra income
classifier for washings of a garment

Containing this entry

吃水不忘挖井人

chīshuǐbùwàngwājǐngrén

see 吃水不忘掘井人 chīshuǐbùwàngjuéjǐngrén

吃水不忘掘井人

chīshuǐbùwàngjuéjǐngrén

Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)

靠山吃山，靠水吃水

kàoshānchīshān,kàoshuǐchīshuǐ

lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom)
fig. to make the best use of local resources
to exploit one's position to advance oneself
to find one's niche
to live off the land

Related entries

(Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong) drinking water

我們不止需要足夠的食水，還需要乾淨的食水。

We need not only adequate water but clean water.

Source: Tatoeba

fresh water
drinking water
clear water

to drink water
drinking water

water intake
to obtain water (from a well etc)

水井是可以取水的地方。

A well is a place where you can get water.

Source: Tatoeba

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