河 水 不 犯 井 水

hé shuǐ bù fàn jǐng shuǐdictionary entry

see 井水不犯河水[jǐng shuǐ bù fàn hé shuǐ]

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Original source entry:

河水不犯井水 河水不犯井水 [he2 shui3 bu4 fan4 jing3 shui3] /see 井水不犯河水[jing3 shui3 bu4 fan4 he2 shui3]/

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Character information

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河
hé
river (CL:條|条[tiáo],道[dào]) / (bound form) the Yellow River / (bound form) the Milky Way / (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[hé fěn]
水
shuǐ
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[huì shuǐ] and 水性[shuǐ xìng]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment
Shuǐ
surname Shui / Shui ethnic group
不
bù
no / not so / (bound form) not / un-
犯
fàn
to violate / to offend / to assault / criminal / crime / to make a mistake / recurrence (of mistake or sth bad)
井
jǐng
a well / CL:口[kǒu] / neat / orderly
Jǐng
Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / surname Jing
水
shuǐ
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[huì shuǐ] and 水性[shuǐ xìng]) / (coll.) lacking in substance / shoddy / (bound form) additional cost / extra income / classifier for washings of a garment
Shuǐ
surname Shui / Shui ethnic group

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