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提水
Unverified wordtí shuǐ
Description
“提水”就是用手拿着装水的桶或瓶，把水从一个地方带到另一个地方。
"提水" means carrying water from one place to another by hand using a bucket or bottle.
以前没有自来水的时候，人们每天都要去井边提水。
Before there was running water, people had to go to the well every day to 提水.
Meanings
提水tí shuǐ
to carry water by hand (in a bucket, etc.)
她去河边提水回家。
She went to the river to fetch water home.
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Notes
- Form
提 (to carry by hand) + 水 (water), a verb-object phrase.
- Nuance
提水 implies carrying by a handle; 打水 means drawing/fetching water from a well or tap.
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