排水 (pái shuǐ) — to drain (water), to discharge water
Definition
A verb-object phrase meaning to drain or discharge water (from a place, field, or system). Note it's a separable verb: insert a complement or 了/过 between 排 and 水, as in 排过一次水.
verb
to drain (water)to discharge water
Examples
- 排水。Bào yǔ hòu gōng rén yòng bèng pái shuǐ.After the heavy rain, workers used pumps to drain the water.
- ，。Zhè kuài dì yǐ jīng pái guò yí cì shuǐ le, hái shì bù xíng.This field has been drained once, but it still doesn't work.
- 排水。Shè jì tú bì xū bāo kuò pái shuǐ xì tǒng.The design drawings must include a drainage system.
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