水陆 (shuǐ lù) — water and land (as in transportation or routes); delicacies from land and sea (in culinary contexts)
Definition
A fixed two-character noun meaning 'water and land' (as in 水陆交通 'water-and-land transport') or 'land-and-sea delicacies' (水陆之珍). Read as a paired set — the two characters form one concept, not two separate words.
noun
water and land (as in transportation or routes)delicacies from land and sea (in culinary contexts)
Examples
- 水陆。Zhè ge chéng shì shuǐ lù jiāo tōng fēi cháng fā dá.This city has very developed water and land transportation.
- 水陆。Yàn xí shàng bǎi mǎn le shuǐ lù zhī zhēn.The banquet table was filled with delicacies from land and sea.
- 水陆。shuǐ lù Lián yùn ràng huò wù yùn shū gèng kuài le.Combined water-land transport makes cargo shipping faster.
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