水
利

Water conservancy in Chinese: 水利 (shuǐ lì)

shuǐ lì

water conservancy

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-91 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1water conservancy
  2. 2irrigation works

Stroke order

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水
利

Zhuyin

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ㄕㄨㄟˇ

shuǐ

ㄕ/ shㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˇ/ third tone

ㄌㄧˋ

lì

ㄌ/ lㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 政府投资建设了很多水利工程。

    zhèng fǔ tóu zī jiàn shè le hěn duō shuǐ lì gōng chéng。

    The government invested in building many water conservancy projects.

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Related words

水

shuǐ

water

利

lì

sharp

水果

shuǐ guǒ

fruit

水平

shuǐ píng

level (of achievement etc)

流利

liú lì

fluent

顺利

shùn lì

smoothly

胶水

jiāo shuǐ

glue

利润

lì rùn

profits

利息

lì xī

interest (on a loan)

利益

lì yì

benefit

利用

lì yòng

to exploit

权利

quán lì

right (i.e. an entitlement to sth)

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