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滴水
  • [dīshui]

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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

滴水 [dīshui]
  1. 1. noun The end of a kind of Chinese tile which is in the shape of a triangle and sometimes decorated with patterns.
    这些古老的建筑大部分有“滴水”这个装置。
    Most of these old buildings are equipped with dripstones.
    屋檐下常年的滴水把那块大石板滴了一个洞。
  2. 2. noun A space left between houses for the drainage of rainwater.
    中国有句古话：“滴水之恩, 涌泉相报。”
    There is an old saying in China, "A drop received in need will be repaid with a whole river."
  3. 3. drip

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

滴水 [dīshui]
  1. 1. 名 中式滴水瓦的瓦头,大致呈三角形,有的上面有花纹装饰。
  2. 2. 名 房屋之间为了房檐雨水流淌而留下的空隙地。
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Examples

滴水成冰的天气
freezing weather → 滴水成冰
今日受君滴水之恩，他日我必当涌泉相报。 → 他日
寒冷的冬天里滴水成冰。 → 滴水成冰
这些古老的建筑大部分有“滴水”这个装置。
Most of these old buildings are equipped with dripstones. → 滴水
中国有句古话：“滴水之恩, 涌泉相报。”
There is an old saying in China, "A drop received in need will be repaid with a whole river." → 滴水
怎么会有滴水的声音？你看看是不是截门没有关。
Where is that sound of dripping water coming from? Go and see if the pipe valve is closed. → 截门
她又失眠了, 只好一直听那个仿古的刻漏滴水到天明。
She couldn't sleep and listened to the clock until daybreak. → 刻漏
昨天下雨了, 檐口滴水, 你小心点。
It rained yesterday, the cornice is dripping water - be careful. → 檐口
屋檐下常年的滴水把那块大石板滴了一个洞。 → 滴水
她的反驳滴水不漏。
Her refutation is watertight. → 滴水不漏
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Word Decomposition

滴
[dī] 		+ 水
[shuǐ]

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