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洪水
Traditional Chinese
洪水
Mandarin pinyin pronunciation
hóng shuǐ
Cantonese jyutpin pronunciation
hung4 seui2
Short definition flood
Usage frequency Common
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All available English definitions floodCdict iconAdso icon / delugeCdict icon /
Copyleft icon Adso icon Adso: flood
Copyleft icon Cantofish icon Cantofish: samemdbg
Copyleft icon MDBG icon MDBG: samecdic
Copyleft icon LDC icon LDC: deluge; flood; floodwater; freshet; spate
Copyleft icon Cdict icon CDict: deluge; flood'
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这是(zhèshì)
警报(jǐng bào) warning
洪水(hóng shuǐ) flood
就要(jiù yào) will
来了(láile)

This was a warning: the floods were coming.

许多(xǔ duō) many
房屋(fáng wū) house
(bèi) quilt
洪水(hóng shuǐ) flood
(chōng) pungent
走了(zǒu le) to go

A lot of houses were washed away by the flood.

小镇(xiǎo zhèn) small town
(bèi) quilt
暴风雨(bào fēng yǔ) tempest
后的( hòu de) puisne
洪水(hóng shuǐ) flood
摧毁(cuī huǐ) to wreck
(liǎo) (of eyes) bright

The town was destroyed by the flood after the storm.

很多(hěn duō) very many
家园(jiā yuán) homeland
(bèi) quilt
洪水(hóng shuǐ) flood
(chōng) pungent
走了(zǒu le) to go

Many homes were washed away by the flood.

为了(wèi le) in order to
不被(búbèi)
洪水(hóng shuǐ) flood
冲走(chōng zǒu) to flush away
有的人(yǒuderén) some people
紧紧地(jǐn jǐn di) nervously
抱着( bào)
树干(shù gàn) (n) tree trunk
长达(cháng dá) to lengthen out to
数个( shù ge)
钟头(zhōng tóu) hour

Some people clung to tree branches for several hours to avoid being washed away by the floodwaters.

山坡(shān pō) hillside
(ràng) to yield
滔滔(tāo tāo) torrential
(dedì) of
洪水(hóng shuǐ) flood
往西(wǎng xī) westerly
(liú) to flow

The hillside had torrential flooding from the west.

好几(hǎo jǐ) quite a few
(jiān jiàn jiàn) gap
小屋(xiǎo wū) hut
(bèi) quilt
洪水(hóng shuǐ) flood
孤立(gū lì) isolated
起来了(qǐ lai le) to have got up

Several cottages have been isolated by the flood water.

洪水(hóng shuǐ) flood
(yǒng) to gush
到了(dào le dào liǎo) finally
窗户(chuānghù) window
(dedì) of
高度(gāo dù) very

The flood water reached the level of the windows.

洪水(hóng shuǐ) flood
造成了(zào chéng le) to create
很大的( hěn dà de) prodigiouss
损害(sǔn hài) to impair

The flood caused a lot of damage.

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