水土

shuǐtǔ
  1. water and soil
  2. surface water
  3. natural environment (extended meaning)
  4. climate

CEDICT

  1. natural environment; climate
  2. water and soil

Wiktionary

  1. 水和土。
  2. 國土、疆土。
  3. 一地方的氣候、風土等自然環境。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 水 shuǐ
  1. water
  2. (after a name) ... River
  3. to swim (used mostly in 會水 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
2 土 tǔ
  1. earth
  2. dust
  3. clay
  4. local
  5. indigenous
  6. crude opium
  7. unsophisticated
  8. one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音 bāyīn

Containing this entry

不服水土 bùfúshuǐtǔ
  1. (of a stranger) not accustomed to the climate of a new place
  2. not acclimatized
水土不服 shuǐtǔbùfú not acclimatized
水土保持 shuǐtǔbǎochí soil conservation
臨海水土誌 Línhǎi Shuǐtǔzhì Seaboard Geographic Gazetteer (c. 275) by Shen Ying 沈瑩
水土流失 shuǐtǔliúshī
一方水土養一方人 yīfāngshuǐtǔyǎngyīfāngrén

Related entries

地表水 dìbiǎoshuǐ surface water
地面水 dìmiànshuǐ surface water
生態環境 shēngtàihuánjìng
  1. ecosystem
  2. natural environment
我問了他許多關於生態環境的問題。

I asked him many questions about ecology.

Source: Tatoeba

氣候 qìhòu
  1. (meteorology) climate
  2. (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)
我对这气候习惯了。

I am accustomed to the climate.

Source: Tatoeba

候 hòu
  1. to wait
  2. to inquire after
  3. to watch
  4. season
  5. climate
  6. (old) period of five days
是时候离开了。

It was time to leave.

Source: Tatoeba