洪水 (hóng shuǐ) — flood
Definition
A noun for a flood itself — the event of overflowing water, usually natural and large-scale. Unlike 淹没 or 淹 (verbs meaning 'to submerge'), 洪水 is the thing that does the flooding, not the act.
noun
flood
Measure word · 场
Examples
- 洪水。Qù nián de hóng shuǐ chōng huǐ le zhěng zuò cūn zhuāng.Last year's flood destroyed the entire village.
- 洪水，。hóng shuǐ Guò hòu, zhèng fǔ zǔ zhī le hěn duō jiù yuán xíng dòng.After the flood, the government organized many rescue operations.
- 洪水。Nóng mín men dān xīn hóng shuǐ huì yǐng xiǎng jīn nián de shōu cheng.Farmers worry that the flood will affect this year's harvest.
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