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汲水
jíshuǐ
Description
汲水就是从井里或者河里把水打上来。
汲水 means to draw water from a well or river.
以前没有自来水的时候，人们每天都要去井边汲水。
Before there was running water, people had to go to the well every day to 汲水.
Meanings
汲水jíshuǐ
to draw or fetch water (from a well or river)
她提着桶去井边汲水。
She carried a bucket to the well to draw water.
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Notes
- Etymology
汲 means to draw water up + 水 water; a literary, somewhat formal word.
- Nuance
more written than 打水, which is the common everyday spoken term.
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