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倾泻

qīng xiè

2-character word Traditional 傾瀉

What 倾泻 means

1. to pour down in torrents

The characters in 倾泻

• 倾qīngto overturn; to collapse; to lean
• 泻xièto flow out swiftly; to flood; a torrent

Example sentences

• 水从破裂的水管倾泻而出。
  Shuǐ cóng pòliè de shuǐguǎn qīngxiè ér chū.
  Water poured from the broken pipe.

Words containing 倾泻

• 山泥倾泻shān ní qīng xièa landslide

Sounds the same

Read qīng xiè, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 倾泄to cascade down; to flow in torrents; (fig.) outpouring (of emotions)
• 倾卸to tip; to dump by tipping from a vehicle