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废水

fèi shuǐ

2-character word Traditional 廢水

What 废水 means

1. waste water
2. drain water
3. effluent

The characters in 废水

• 废fèito abolish; to abandon; to abrogate
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

Example sentences

• 废水经常污染海洋。
  Fèishuǐ jīngcháng wūrǎn hǎiyáng.
  Sewage often pollutes the ocean.

Sounds the same

Read fèi shuǐ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 沸水boiling water