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水能载舟，亦能覆舟

繁体：水能載舟，亦能覆舟

shui3 neng2 zai4 zhou1 , yi4 neng2 fu4 zhou1

• lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb)
• fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it
• if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm

水肿

繁体：水腫

shui3 zhong3

• (medicine) to suffer from edema (dropsy)

水至清则无鱼，人至察则无徒

繁体：水至清則無魚，人至察則無徒

shui3 zhi4 qing1 ze2 wu2 yu2 , ren2 zhi4 cha2 ze2 wu2 tu2

• (saying) water that is too clear has no fish, and one who is too severe has no friends

水花

shui3 hua1

• spray of water; splash
• (dialect) chickenpox

水花生

shui3 hua1 sheng1

• alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides)

水草

shui3 cao3

• aquatic plants
• water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals)
• (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw

水菖蒲

shui3 chang1 pu2

• Acorus calamus
• sweet sedge or sweet flag

水华

繁体：水華

shui3 hua2

• algal bloom; water bloom