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里的水

water in

→ 里
phrase Rare #21,046
water in 里 means “inside” or “in”; this phrase follows a place or container, such as 湖里 (“in the lake”) or 杯子里 (“in the cup”).
CH: 瓶子里的水很凉。
EN: The water in the bottle is very cold.

杯子里的水干净吗？

Is the water in the cup clean?

黑海里的水事实上是黑的吗？

Is the water in the Black Sea actually black?

把战壕里的水舀出去

Scoop the water out of the trench.

— 西线无战事 (2022)

现在想想，这可能也是港湾里的水不那么干净的原因之一。

Come to think of it, this might be one of the reasons the water in the harbor isn’t so clean.