泄洪

Traditional form:

洩洪

Pinyin (reading):

xièhóng

Definitions:

• to release flood water
• flood discharge

Characters:

• 泄 - drip, leak, vent; to disperse; to reduce
• 洪 - deluge, flood; immense, vast

Traditional characters:

• 洩 - to leak, to drip; to vent, to release
• 洪 - deluge, flood; immense, vast