吃水

drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship)

to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

variant of 吃[chi1]

surname Shui

water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)

lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom) / fig. to make the best use of local resources / to exploit one's position to advance oneself / to find one's niche / to live off the land

see 吃水不忘掘井人[chi1 shui3 bu4 wang4 jue2 jing3 ren2]