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关闸
guānzhá
Description
“关闸”的意思是把水闸或者门关上，也是澳门和珠海中间一个很有名的地方的名字。
"关闸" means to close a sluice gate or door, and it is also the name of a famous place between Macau and Zhuhai.
每天有很多人从关闸过去，从澳门到中国。
Many people pass through 关闸 every day, going from Macau to China.
Meanings
关闸guānzhá
to close a gate or sluice
下雨太大，他们要关闸。
The rain is too heavy; they need to close the floodgate.
关闸Guānzhá
the Portas do Cerco border area in Macau
我们坐车去关闸过关。
We take a car to the border checkpoint to cross.
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Notes
- Etymology
关 (to close) + 闸 (gate/sluice), literally 'close the gate'.
- Nuance
As a place name it refers to the Macau–Zhuhai border crossing.
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