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水深火热

繁体：水深火熱

shui3 shen1 huo3 re4

• deep water and scorching fire
• abyss of suffering (idiom)

水浅养不住大鱼

繁体：水淺養不住大魚

shui3 qian3 yang3 bu4 zhu4 da4 yu2

• lit. shallow waters cannot harbor big fish (idiom)
• fig. ambitious, talented people cannot reach their full potential in a small organization

水清无鱼

繁体：水清無魚

shui3 qing1 wu2 yu2

• lit. water that is too clean holds no fish (idiom)
• fig. one who is too severe has no friends

水渠

shui3 qu2

• canal

水源

shui3 yuan2

• water source
• water supply
• headwaters of a river

水准

繁体：水準

shui3 zhun3

• level (of achievement etc)
• standard
• level (surveying)

水准仪

繁体：水準儀

shui3 zhun3 yi2

• level (device to determine horizontal)
• spirit level
• surveyor's level

水沟

繁体：水溝

shui3 gou1

• gutter
• sewer