汗水 hànshuǐ sweat
sweat; perspiration
How to remember 汗水: 汗 sweat + 水 water = sweat.
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How it is used
- Sweat/perspiration - often figurative for hard work: 辛勤的汗水 (xīnqín de hànshuǐ) the sweat of hard labor.
- 汗水 is the poetic/emphatic form; plain speech just says 出汗 (chū hàn) to sweat, 一身汗 covered in sweat.
- 血汗 (xuèhàn) 'blood and sweat' intensifies the toil metaphor.
- 擦汗 (cā hàn) = to wipe off sweat.
Example sentences
- 他擦去了脸上的汗水。 Tā cā qù le liǎnshàng de hànshuǐ.He wiped the sweat off his face.