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Exact character matches appear first. For otherwise comparable matches, frequency in film and television subtitles helps determine order. Direct English-definition matches and prefix matches also affect ranking. Word length and the availability of usage notes do not improve rank.

Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

红药水hóng yào shuǐ

mercurochrome (antiseptic solution)

红颜祸水hóng yán huò shuǐ

femme fatale

纯水chún shuǐ

pure water

纯净水chún jìng shuǐ

purified water

紫水晶zǐ shuǐ jīng

amethyst

紫水鸡zǐ shuǐ jī

(bird species of China) grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)

细水长流xì shuǐ cháng liú

lit. thin streams flow forever / fig. economy will get you a long way / to work steadily at something little by little

结晶水jié jīng shuǐ

water of crystallization

给排水jǐ pái shuǐ

water supply and drainage

给水jǐ shuǐ

to supply water / to provide feedwater

绿水lǜ shuǐ

green water / crystal-clear water

置信水平zhì xìn shuǐ píng

confidence level (math.)

羊水穿刺yáng shuǐ chuān cì

amniocentesis (used in Taiwan)

羼水chàn shuǐ

to mix with water (wine) / to adulterate

耐水nài shuǐ

waterproof

耐水性nài shuǐ xìng

waterproof

肥水不流外人田féi shuǐ bù liú wài rén tián

lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)

肥皂水féi zào shuǐ

soapy water

背山临水bèi shān lín shuǐ

with back to the mountain and facing the water (favored location)

脱水机tuō shuǐ jī

a device for extracting water (such as a centrifuge)

脑子进水nǎo zi jìn shuǐ

to have lost one's mind / crazy / soft in the head

脑水肿nǎo shuǐ zhǒng

cerebral edema

腹水fù shuǐ

(medicine) ascites / ascitic fluid / hydroperitoneum

脓水nóng shuǐ

pus

临水lín shuǐ

facing the water (favored location)

自来水笔zì lái shuǐ bǐ

fountain pen

自来水管zì lái shuǐ guǎn

water mains / service pipe / tap-water pipe

自由潜水zì yóu qián shuǐ

freediving

舀水yǎo shuǐ

to ladle water / to scoop up water

芙蓉出水fú róng chū shuǐ

lit. lotus rises from the water (idiom) / fig. to blossom (of poem or art)

花露水huā lù shuǐ

perfumed toilet water / eau de cologne / floral water / hydrosol

萍水相逢píng shuǐ xiāng féng

strangers coming together by chance (idiom)

万水千山wàn shuǐ qiān shān

ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road

落水狗上岸luò shuǐ gǒu shàng àn

like a dog who fell in the river and climbs out—shaking all over

落水管luò shuǐ guǎn

drainpipe / water spout

落花有意,流水无情luò huā yǒu yì , liú shuǐ wú qíng

lit. the falling flowers are yearning for love, but the heartless brook ripples on (idiom) / fig. one side is willing, yet the other one remains indifferent (usually of unrequited love)

落花流水luò huā liú shuǐ

to be in a sorry state / to be utterly defeated

蒸馏水zhēng liú shuǐ

distilled water

蓄水xù shuǐ

water storage

药水儿yào shuǐ r

erhua variant of 藥水|药水[yào shuǐ]

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