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注水 (zhù shuǐ) — (petroleum engineering) water flooding; water injection; (figurative) padding; falsification (of data, statistics, or reports)

Definition

At HSK 7, 注入水 in petroleum engineering; figuratively, tampering with data, statistics, or goods (like pork) to inflate volume or quality.

noun
(petroleum engineering) water floodingwater injection(figurative) paddingfalsification (of data, statistics, or reports)

Examples

  • 注水。
    Yóu tián cǎi yòng zhù shuǐ jì shù lái tí gāo cǎi yóu lǜ.
    The oilfield uses water flooding technology to improve oil recovery.
  • 注水。
    Zhè ge gōng sī de cái wù bào gào bèi zhǐ chū cún zài zhù shuǐ xíng wéi.
    This company's financial report was pointed out to contain data padding.
  • 注水。
    Xiāo fèi zhě duì shì chǎng shàng de zhù shuǐ zhū ròu yuè lái yuè jǐng tì.
    Consumers are becoming increasingly wary of water-injected pork on the market.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

注zhùinject
水shuǐwater

注 is to inject or pour, and 水 is water.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
主
主zhǔ注zhù
Same sound today

注 combines 水, meaning water, with 主, which gives the sound.

Open 注 →

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

水 is a simple drawing of water flowing.

Open 水 →
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