开口子 kāikǒuzi to breach a dike Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents kāikǒuzi to breach a dike 开 開 kāi verbparticle to open to open; to unfold; to unseal; (of flowers) to bloom; to carve or cut open口 kǒu noun opening mouth of a container or general object子 zi affix noun suffix [suffix] used to form nouns from noun, verb, or adjective rootskāikǒuzi to set a precedent 开 開 kāi verbparticle to open to open; to unfold; to unseal; (of flowers) to bloom; to carve or cut open口子 kǒuzi precedent a precedent, specifically one that allows for breaking rules or making an exception