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修
水
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Jyutping
sau1 seoi2
Pinyin
xiū shuǐ
Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
Xiushui county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
山上多栽树,等于修水库。雨多它能吞,雨少它能吐。
山上多栽樹,等於修水庫。雨多它能吞,雨少它能吐。
shān shàng duō zāi shù , děng yú xiū shuǐ kù . yǔ duō tā néng tūn , yǔ shào tā néng tǔ .
Planting more trees on mountains is akin to building reservoirs. If there's much rain they can take it in, if there's little rain they can dispense.