淡化

Traditional form:

淡化

Pinyin (reading):

dànhuà

Definitions:

• to water down
• to play down
• to trivialize
• to weaken
• to become dull with time
• to desalinate
• desalination

Characters:

• 淡 - watery, dilute; insipid, tasteless
• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize

Traditional characters:

• 淡 - watery, dilute; insipid, tasteless
• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize