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Chinese Characters: 不是啊，大伙人，昨天是三……昨天是四个口开啊，四个口啊。三个排沙洞加上一条明流渠啊。
Pinyin: Bú shì a, dà huǒ rén, zuó tiān shì sān…… zuó tiān shì sì gè kǒu kāi a, sì gè kǒu a. Sān gè pái shā dòng jiā shàng yī tiáo míng liú qú a.
English Translation: No, everyone, yesterday it was three... yesterday there were four outlets open, four outlets. Three sand-discharge tunnels plus one open diversion channel.
Word-by-Word Breakdown & Explanation
不是啊 (bú shì a): No / That's not it (used as an introductory conversational filler).
大伙人 (dài huǒ rén / dà huǒ rén): Everyone / Guys
昨天 (zuó tiān): Yesterday.
是 (shì): Was / Is.
三 (sān): Three
四个 (sì gè): Four (with the general classifier gè).
口 (kǒu): Outlets / Openings / Gates.
开 (kāi): Open / Opened.
啊 (a): (Particle indicating emphasis or conversational tone).
(sān gè): Three.
排沙洞 (pái shā dòng): Sand-discharge tunnels / Silt-flushing tunnels.
加上 (jiā shàng): Plus / In addition to.
一条 (yī tiáo): One (with the classifier tiáo used for long, narrow things like rivers or channels).
明流渠 (míng liú qú): Open diversion channel / Spillway channel.
Chinese Characters: 今天早上6点50分的时候，明流渠，2号明流渠就彻底的关了啊，彻底的关了。
Pinyin: Jīn tiān zǎo shang liù diǎn wǔ shí fēn de shí hou, míng liú qú, èr hào míng liú qú jiù chè dǐ de guān le a, chè dǐ de guān le.
English Translation: This morning at 6:50, the open diversion channel—Open Diversion Channel No. 2—was completely closed, completely closed.
Word-by-Word Breakdown & Explanation
今天 (jīn tiān): Today.
早上 (zǎo shang): Morning.
6点50分 (liù diǎn wǔ shí fēn): 6:50 (6 o'clock 50 minutes).
的时候 (de shí hou): At the time of / When.
明流渠 (míng liú qú): Open diversion channel.
2号 (èr hào): Number 2 / No. 2.
就 (jiù): Then / Already (used here to emphasize the completion of the action).
彻底的 (chè dǐ de): Completely / Thoroughly.
关了 (guān le): Closed.
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