The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against

[rikforto]

And by that method we can also tell that the meaning of the hanzi 水 is mostly the same for any Chinese or Taiwanese native, namely "things, actions, and qualities that have to do with the substance that chemists denote by H2O, mainly in its liquid phase".  And that is roughly the meaning of that hanzi also for Japanese natives, and for many people in Southeast Asia, even if their native language and script are not at all related to the Chinese ones.

Two questions here:

1. Is it your contention that they are the same "things, actions, and qualities" in all languages?
   
2. Is it your contention that there is no way to recover the words intended by the writer?