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(xiàshuǐ)

1. enter the water; be launched

♦ 又一艘新船~了。 Another new ship was launched.

♦ 新船~典礼 the launching ceremony of a new ship

2. soak in water to shrink cloth or fabrics before use

3. take to evil-doing; fall into evil ways

♦ 拖人~ involve sb. in evildoing; drag sb. into the mire

4. going downstream; downriver

♦ ~船 a downriver boat

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(xiàshui)tripe or chitterlings

♦ 猪~ pig's tripe and chitterlings