缺水

quēshuǐ
  1. water shortage
  2. dehydration

CEDICT

  1. to run out of water; to experience a water shortage
  2. water scarcity; water shortage

Wiktionary

沒有足夠的水可供灌溉、飲用。

重編國語辭典

Examples

鲜花因缺水而枯萎

The flowers withered for want of water.

Source: Tatoeba

由于缺水，许多植物干枯了。

Due to the lack of water, many of the plants have withered.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 缺 quē
  1. deficiency
  2. lack
  3. scarce
  4. vacant post
  5. to run short of
2 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

Related entries

脫水 tuōshuǐ
  1. to dry out
  2. to extract water
  3. dehydration
  4. dehydrated
  5. desiccation