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喝墨水

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Collocation

1
墨水没有白喝
2
喝过……墨水
3
喝了几年墨水
4
没喝过墨水
5
喝过墨水

Definition

喝墨水:

Literally means:

drink ink; be educated.

Actually means:

It means studying at school. It usually means that someone is educated and has some knowledge.

喝墨水,指上学读书。它多用于说明一个人受过教育,有一定的知识。

Example

Used as predicate or attributive. It can often have other words in between. (作谓语、定语等,中间常插入别的词语)
1
shì
nóngmín
农民
  
,
méi
guò
shuǐ
墨水
  
,
shì
可是
dàoli
道理
háishi
还是
dǒng
de
  
!
wèi
那位
lǎo
nóngmín
农民
shēng
生气
shuō
  

"I'm a farmer and I haven't drunk ink, but I understand the truth!" The old farmer said angrily.

2
Guò
过去
nóngcūn
农村
shū
读书
de
rén
hěn
shǎo
  
,
suànshì
算是
le
nián
shuǐ
墨水
  
,
suǒ
所以
rénjiā
人家
jiù
ràng
dāng
le
shēngchǎn
生产
duìcháng
队长
  

In the past, there were very few people reading in the countryside, he drank ink for several years, so people let him be the production captain.

3
hǎoróng
好不容易
yíng
le
zhè
cháng
guānsi
官司
hòu
以后
  
,
不无
gǎnkǎi
感慨
shuō
  
:
duōnián
多年
de
shuǐ
墨水
zǒngsuàn
总算
méiyǒu
没有
bái
  
,
dāngnián
当年
苦读
法律
zǒngsuàn
总算
yǒu
le
huíbào
回报
  
!

He was not easy to win this lawsuit, not without emotion said: "years of ink finally did not drink in vain, when the hard reading of the law finally had a return!" ”