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泄洪闸

xiè hóng zhá

3-character word Traditional 洩洪閘

What 泄洪闸 means

1. sluice-gate
2. flood discharge valve

The characters in 泄洪闸

• 泄xiè(bound form) to leak out; to discharge; (fig.) to divulge
• 洪hóngflood; big; great
• 闸zhásluice; sluice gate; to dam up water; (colloquial) brake

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