盐水 (yán shuǐ) — salt water; brine

Definition

Examples

• 腌酸菜的时候要用盐水泡一天。
  Yān suān cài de shí hou yào yòng yán shuǐ pào yì tiān.
  When pickling sour cabbage, you need to soak it in brine for a day.
• 医生用盐水给我冲洗了伤口。
  Yī shēng yòng yán shuǐ gěi wǒ chōng xǐ le shāng kǒu.
  The doctor rinsed my wound with saline.
• 煮面条时水里加点盐水，面条会更筋道。
  Zhǔ miàn tiáo shí shuǐ lǐ jiā diǎn yán shuǐ, miàn tiáo huì gèng jīn dào.
  Adding a bit of salt water to the cooking noodles makes them chewier.