水灾
shuǐ zāi
Pinyin

Definition

水灾
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shuǐ zāi
  1. flood
  2. flood damage

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

水
Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui
水平
shuǐ píng
  1. 1 level (of achievement etc)
  2. 2 standard
  3. 3 horizontal
水果
shuǐ guǒ
  1. 1 fruit
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
水瓶座
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
一头雾水
yī tóu wù shuǐ
  1. 1 to be confused
  2. 2 to be baffled
下水
xià shuǐ
  1. 1 downstream
  2. 2 to go into the water
  3. 3 to put into water
  4. 4 to launch (a ship)
  5. 5 fig. to fall into bad ways
  6. 6 to lead astray
  7. 7 to go to pot
下水道
xià shuǐ dào
  1. 1 sewer
冰水
bīng shuǐ
  1. 1 iced water
冷水
lěng shuǐ
  1. 1 cold water
  2. 2 unboiled water
  3. 3 fig. not yet ready (of plans)
出水
chū shuǐ
  1. 1 to discharge water
  2. 2 to appear out of the water
  3. 3 to break the surface
分水岭
fēn shuǐ lǐng
  1. 1 dividing range
  2. 2 drainage divide
  3. 3 (fig.) dividing line
  4. 4 watershed
化妆水
huà zhuāng shuǐ
  1. 1 skin toner
口水
kǒu shuǐ
  1. 1 saliva
墨水
mò shuǐ
  1. 1 ink
  2. 2 CL:瓶[píng]
大力水手
Dà lì Shuǐ shǒu
  1. 1 Popeye (the Sailor)
天水
Tiān shuǐ
  1. 1 Tianshui prefecture level city in Gansu
奶水
nǎi shuǐ
  1. 1 mother's milk
山水
Shān shuǐ
  1. 1 Sansui, Japanese company
心如止水
xīn rú zhǐ shuǐ
  1. 1 to be at peace with oneself
打水
dǎ shuǐ
  1. 1 to draw water
  2. 2 to splash water

Idioms (20)

一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá
  1. 1 fleeting years (idiom)
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
出水芙蓉
chū shuǐ fú róng
  1. 1 as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy)
十指不沾阳春水
shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ
  1. 1 to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 to lead a pampered life
半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
  1. 1 lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
  3. 3 one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
吃水不忘掘井人
chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén
  1. 1 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
大水冲了龙王庙
dà shuǐ chōng le Lóng Wáng miào
  1. 1 lit. surging waters flooded the Dragon King temple (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to fail to recognize a familiar person
  3. 3 a dispute between close people who fail to recognize each other
如鱼得水
rú yú dé shuǐ
  1. 1 like a fish back in water (idiom); glad to be back in one's proper surroundings
山明水秀
shān míng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
山清水秀
shān qīng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
山穷水尽
shān qióng shuǐ jìn
  1. 1 mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line
  2. 2 nowhere to go

Sample Sentences

官员又失言，日前地方首长视察水灾受灾地区时，一句“叫我来能做什么？”引起轩然大波，网民纷纷上网留言，表示应该选他为“年度最诚实官员”，今天稍早，于县府召开记者会，我们来看看现场的画面。
guānyuán yòu shīyán ，rìqián dìfang shǒucháng shìchá shuǐzāi shòuzāi dìqū shí ，yī jù “jiào wǒ lái néng zuò shénme ？”yǐnqǐ xuānrándàbō ，wǎngmín fēnfēn shàngwǎng liúyán ，biǎoshì yīnggāi xuǎn tā wèi “niándù zuì chéngshí guānyuán ”，jīntiān shāozǎo ，yú xiànfǔ zhàokāi jìzhěhuì ，wǒmen lái kàn kan xiànchǎng de huàmiàn 。
Another official has been shooting his mouth off recently, with the line "What did you expect me to be able to do when you asked me to come here?" whilst visiting an area affected by floods creating a storm of comments online, with netizens saying that he should be voted the most honest official of the year. Let's have a look at the press conference called by the county government.
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这时候，法海又来了，他把许仙骗到了金山寺。白素贞要救丈夫，水里的鱼虾蟹都来帮助她，水淹金山寺，逼法海放人。没想到却让老百姓遭了水灾。
zhèshíhòu ，Fǎhǎi yòu lái le ，tā bǎ Xǔ Xiān piàn dào le Jīnshānsì 。Bái Sùzhēn yào jiù zhàngfu ，shuǐ lǐ de yú xiā xiè dōu lái bāngzhù tā ，shuǐ yān Jīnshānsì ，bī Fǎhǎi fàngrén 。méixiǎngdào què ràng lǎobǎixìng zāo le shuǐzāi 。
At this time, Fa Hai returned again, and tricked Xu Xian into coming to Jinshan Temple. Bai Suzhen wanted to save her husband, and all the fish, shrimp and crabs of the water came to help her. Water inundated Jinshan Temple and compelled Fa Hai to give him up. However, unexpectedly, this caused a disastrous flood for the common people.
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赶紧买一份吧。火灾，水灾，盗窃什么的造成的损失都在赔偿范围内。
gǎnjǐn mǎi yī fèn ba 。huǒzāi ，shuǐzāi ，dàoqiè shénme de zàochéng de sǔnshī dōu zài péicháng fànwéi nèi 。
You should hurry up and get insured. Fires, flooding, theft – all the losses that come from things like that are included in the scope of things that you can be compensated for.
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