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決口

简决口 · 繁決口

Mandarin · pinyin jué kǒu

(of a watercourse) to breach its banks
(of a dam) to burst

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口: kǒu · mouth; open end; entrance, gate
决: jué · decide, determine, judge

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2–3 · jue2 kou3

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kyut3 hau2

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verb

to burst; to be breached

noun

breach (in the riverbank)

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