下水
xià​shuǐxià​shui

enter water

下水 xià​shuǐ frequency
enter water verb
to go into the water or put something into the water

救生员迅速下水去救那个溺水的孩子。

jiù​shēng​yuán xùn​sù xià​shuǐ qù jiù nà gè nì​shuǐ de hái​zi.

The lifeguard quickly went into the water to save the drowning child.

downstream verb
to travel downstream or move with the current

这条航线上，走下水的船比走上水的船快得多。

zhè tiáo háng​xiàn shàng, zǒu xià​shuǐ de chuán bǐ zǒu shàng​shuǐ de chuán kuài de duō.

On this route, ships going downstream are much faster than those going upstream.

launch verb
to launch a newly built ship into the water

这艘国产航母今天正式在上海下水。

zhè sōu guó​chǎn háng​mǔ jīn​tiān zhèng​shì zài Shàng​hǎi xià​shuǐ.

This domestically produced aircraft carrier was officially launched in Shanghai today.

fall into vice
to fall into bad ways, be led astray, or become involved in corruption

他因为贪图小利，结果被那些人拉下水了。

tā yīn​wèi tān​tú xiǎo lì, jié​guǒ bèi nà​xiē rén lā​xià​shuǐ le.

Because of his greed for petty gains, he ended up being dragged into the mess by those people.

下水 xià​shui
offal noun
the edible internal organs of butchered animals, including the viscera and tripe

这道菜是用猪下水做的，味道很地道。

zhè dào cài shì yòng zhū xià​shui zuò de, wèi​dao hěn dì​dao.

This dish is made with pork offal, and the taste is very authentic.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
3.22 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
5.88 per million

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)