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MEANING/意义

饮水

EXAMPLES/列句

夏天饮水最好加少量的盐。

xià tiān yín shuǐ zuì hǎo jiā shǎo liàng de yán .

When drinking water in summer，it is better to add a little salt.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	夏天	xià tiān	summer
2.	饮水	yín shuǐ	drinking water
3.	最好	zuì hǎo	had better; best
4.	加	jiā	add，plus，increase
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在这里我们很难得到干净的饮水。

zài zhè lí wǒ men hěn nán dé dào gān jìng de yín shuǐ .

We can hardly get any clean drinking water here.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	在	zài	in the process of，in the course of (indicating an action in progress)
2.	这里	zhè lǐ	here
3.	我们	wǒ men	we，us
4.	很	hěn	very，quite
5.	难	nán	difficult; put (sb) in a difficult position
6.	得到	dé dào	get，obtain，gain
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COMBINATIONS/组合

饮水器

yín shuǐ qì

electronic water cooler (usually with both hot and cold dispenser)

饮水思源

yín shuǐ sī yuán

when drinking water think of its source -- to remember where one's happiness comes from