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Wastewater in Chinese

wastewater · HSK 6

污水 wū shuǐ

  1. 污 wū dirty
  2. 水 shuǐ water

工厂不能把污水直接排进河里。 Factories can't dump wastewater directly into the river.

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Wastewater in Chinese is 污水 (wū shuǐ).

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