- 饮水机 yǐnshuǐjī water dispenserA machine or appliance that provides drinking water, often featuring filtration, heating, or cooling functions; water cooler; drinking fountain
- 饮水思源 yǐnshuǐsīyuán to remember one's rootsliterally meaning "when you drink water, think of its source"; used to describe gratitude for blessings or never forgetting one's origins
- 饮水器 yǐnshuǐqì water dispenserA device or vessel used to provide drinking water; specifically an appliance that filters or boils water for drinking.
- 疏食饮水 shūshíyǐnshuǐ plain food and water(literary) coarse rice and water; refers to a simple and plain diet or a life of poverty and contentment
- 啜菽饮水 chuòshūyǐnshuǐ to live in poverty(literary) to eat beans and drink water; refers to living in straitened circumstances or having a very simple diet while remaining a dutiful son to one's parents
- 如人饮水，冷暖自知 rúrényǐnshuǐlěngnuǎnzìzhī only the drinker knows if the water is cold or warmA proverb meaning that one's personal feelings or experiences can only be truly understood by oneself; self-awareness comes from within.
- 饮水知源 yǐnshuǐzhīyuán to be grateful for one's rootsto remember the source of the water one drinks; to be grateful for the origin of one's success or for those who helped one in the past
