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Chinese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
通水
- to clear a waterway
- to supply water
- (literary) to act as an inside man; to provide assistance from the inside
- (Cantonese, colloquial) to tip off someone
Synonyms
- (to act as an inside man): 內應／内应 (nèiyìng)
References
- 阿塗 (2017) 七刻 , transl., 圖解廣東話 [Cantonese.jpg], Hong Kong: Whitepaper Publishing