to turn on the water; to let water out
Example Sentences
经过长达三个月的枯水期后,水库管理处终于开闸放水灌溉下游农田。
jīng guò zhǎng dá sān gè yuè de kū shuǐ qī hòu, shuǐ kù guǎn lǐ chù zhōng yú kāi zhá fàng shuǐ guàn gài xià yóu nóng tián.
After a three-month dry period, the reservoir management office finally opened the gate to release water to irrigate the farmland downstream.
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