水 shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 水 — water, liquid, lotion, juice
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
水利
shuǐlì
water conservancy; irrigation works
Characters in this word
利 lì
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 禾 cereal, grain, rice 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 西部地区要发展农业，首先得完善水利设施，解决季节性缺水问题。 Xībù dìqū yào fāzhǎn nóngyè, shǒuxiān děi wánshàn shuǐlì shèshī, jiějué jìjiéxìng quēshuǐ wèntí. If western regions want to develop agriculture, they must first improve water conservancy facilities and solve seasonal water shortages.
- 政府每年投入大量资金兴修水利，保障农田灌溉。 Zhèngfǔ měinián tóurù dàliàng zījīn xīngxiū shuǐlì, bǎozhàng nóngtián guàngài. Every year the government invests large sums in building water conservancy works to guarantee irrigation of farmland.
- 古人兴修水利，主要是为了防洪和灌溉。 Gǔrén xīngxiū shuǐlì, zhǔyào shì wèile fánghóng hé guàngài. In ancient times, people built water conservancy works mainly for flood control and irrigation.