水货 smuggled goods
水墨画 Chinese brush drawing; ink and wash painting
税前/税后收入 pretax / after-tax income
水土流失 soil erosion
水下导弹 submarine-based missiles
水下通信 subsurface communicat ion
水刑 waterboarding. (CIA interrogators used waterboarding, the near-drowning technique that top Obama administration officials have described as illegal torture, 266 times on 2 key prisoners from Al-Qaida.美国中情局审讯人员曾对两名"基地"关键头目使用水刑(一种模拟囚犯溺死的酷刑)多达 266 次。水刑被奥巴马政府高官称为非法酷刑。)
谁言寸草心，报得三春晖 "Such kindness of warm sun, can't be repaid by grass. "
水涨船高 When the river rises, the boat floats high.
税收起征点 tax threshold
数码相机 digital camera
顺风车 free ride. (John is expecting me to give him a free ride to work every day.约翰每天都想搭我的顺风车上班。)
熟女 sophisticated lady (The term refers to a woman between 30 and 50 who has proper manner, a decent job, rich experience in life and well-polished taste in fashion.)
硕博联读 a continuous academic project that involves postgraduate and doctoral study
说曹操,曹操到 Talk of the devil and he comes.
说服教育 persuasion education
说明会 explanation session
说起来容易做起来难 Easier said than done.
输血 blood transfusion
私奔 elope (2 childhood sweethearts, aged 6 and 7, eloped from Hanover in northern Germany on New Year's Eve, wanting to tie the knot under the African sun. 德国北部汉诺威一对年纪分别为 6 岁和 7 岁的小情侣新年前夜竟然私奔，他们想跑到非洲的艳阳底下结为连理。)
四大金刚 Four Heavenly Guardians at the entrance to a Buddhism temple; Four Devarajas
死而后已 until my heart stops beating
司法独立 judicial independence (It's human nature to plead for a criminal who is from the same country or the same family, but judicial independence should be fully respected and everyone should be equal before the law. 为本国或家庭成员中的有罪之人辩护是人之常情，但司法独立应得到全面尊重，在法律面前应做到人人平等。)
