You can't drink seawater because it's too salty.
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海水
hǎi shuǐ
HSK 3.0 · 4
hǎi shuǐ · hoi2 seoi2 (Jyutping)
- seawater
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Character breakdown
海
- Meaning
- sea, ocean; maritime
- Radical
- 氵
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿰氵每
- Cangjie
- EOWY
- Four-corner
- 3815.7
水
- Meaning
- water, liquid, lotion, juice
- Radical
- 水
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿻亅？
- Cangjie
- E
- Four-corner
- 1223.0
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