kāi
kǒu
zi

idiom

Meaning of 开口子

开口子 means to breach; for a river dyke or embankment to be broken open by water; to make an exception; to set a precedent; to relax a rule or restriction. Pronounced kāi kǒu zi.

  • to breach; for a river dyke or embankment to be broken open by water
  • to make an exception; to set a precedent; to relax a rule or restriction

Definitions & Examples

Chí
de
bào
dǎo
zhì
kāi
kǒu
zi
le
 

Continuous heavy rain caused the river embankment to breach.

dàn
kāi
kǒu
zi
 
xià
yóu
de
cūn
zhuāng
jiù
wēi
xiǎn
le
 

Once the dam breaches, the villages downstream will be in danger.

Qiǎng
xiǎn
duì
lián
fèn
zhàn
 
zhōng
zhù
le
kāi
kǒu
zi
de
fāng
 

The emergency team fought all night and finally sealed the breach.