抽水 (chōu shuǐ) — to pump water; to draw water
Definition
Literal 'pump/draw water' — extracting water from a well, river, or pipe with a pump. (The colloquial figurative sense 'to tease' is not used at this level.)
verb
to pump waterto draw water
Examples
- 。Tā cóng jǐng lǐ chōu le hěn duō shuǐ.He pumped a lot of water from the well.
- 抽水。Zhè tái jī qì yòng lái chōu shuǐ.This machine is used to pump water.
- 抽水。Wǒ men xū yào chōu shuǐ lái jiāo dì.We need to pump water to water the fields.
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