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吃水

chī shuǐ

2-character word

What 吃水 means

1. drinking water
2. to obtain water (for daily needs)
3. to absorb water
4. draft (of ship)

The characters in 吃水

• 吃chīto eat; to consume; to eat at (a cafeteria etc); to eradicate; to destroy
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

Example sentences

• 吃水果。
  Eat fruit.
• 你得吃水果。
  You must eat fruits.
• 请随意吃水果。
  Please help yourself to some fruit.
• 他很少吃水果。
  He seldom eats fruits.
• 我喜欢吃水果。
  I like eating fruit.

Words starting with 吃水

• 吃水不忘掘井人chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rénDrinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
• 吃水不忘挖井人chī shuǐ bù wàng wā jǐng rénsee 吃水不忘掘井人

Words containing 吃水

• 靠山吃山，靠水吃水kào shān chī shān , kào shuǐ chī shuǐlit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea…