放水
Pronunciation: /fɑŋ⁵¹ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
“放水” is a Chinese word. Its 11 meanings in English:
verb
- to turn on the water
- to throw a game (to intentionally play a game less seriously so that more likely to lose)
- to intentionally lower difficulty of a test or an examination; to intentionally lower the standard needed to pass an examination or an inspection
- to release money into the market; to increase currency circulation
- to pee; to urinate
- to throw (to intentionally lose a game); to intentionally perform badly
- to release a sum of money
- to divert water to farmland (from a reservoir or mountain ponds)
- to release water stored or blocked in a higher level to a lower level
- to release farmland water
- to have diarrhea
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