水门 (shuǐ mén) — water valve; floodgate (physical water control gate); Watergate (the 1970s U.S. political scandal, or by extension any major political scandal)
Definition
Literally "water gate," 水门 means a physical floodgate or water-control valve. By extension, it refers to the 1970s U.S. Watergate scandal, and is now used as a generic term for any major political scandal.
noun
water valvefloodgate (physical water control gate)Watergate (the 1970s U.S. political scandal, or by extension any major political scandal)
Measure word · 座
Examples
- 水门。Gōng rén zhèng zài jiǎn xiū shuǐ kù de shuǐ mén.Workers are repairing the reservoir's floodgate.
- 水门。Zhè qǐ zhèng zhì chǒu wén bèi chēng wéi xīn shuǐ mén shì jiàn.This political scandal has been called a new Watergate incident.
- 水门，。Dǎ kāi shuǐ mén, guàn gài shuǐ jiù huì liú rù nóng tián.Open the water valve, and irrigation water will flow into the farmland.
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