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放水

Pronunciation: /fɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

“放水” is a Chinese word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to turn on the water
  2. to throw a game (to intentionally play a game less seriously so that more likely to lose)
  3. to intentionally lower difficulty of a test or an examination; to intentionally lower the standard needed to pass an examination or an inspection
  4. to release money into the market; to increase currency circulation
  5. to pee; to urinate
  6. to throw (to intentionally lose a game); to intentionally perform badly
  7. to release a sum of money
  8. to divert water to farmland (from a reservoir or mountain ponds)
  9. to release water stored or blocked in a higher level to a lower level
  10. to release farmland water
  11. to have diarrhea
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