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dike / Taiwan pr. [ti2]
堤坝 dam / dike
dam / dike; embankment / CL:條|条[tiao2]
合龙 lóng to join the two sections (of a linear structure: bridge, dike etc) to complete its construction
kuì (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike / (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement) / (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces / (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate
wéi dike
水坝 shuǐ dam / dike
决堤 jué (of a watercourse) to breach its dike / (of dikes) to collapse
堤防 fáng dike / embankment / levee
lóu (dialect) an opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out / small channel across a river embankment / (used in place names) / Taiwan pr. [dou1]
千里之堤,溃于蚁穴 qiān zhī , kuì xué lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
niàn earth embankment used to hold back or retain water / dike around a paddy field
河工 gōng river conservancy works (dike maintenance, dredging etc) / river conservancy worker
diked pond
liè (literary) equal / enclosure / dike / embankment / Taiwan pr. [le4]
开口子 kāi kǒu zi a dike breaks / fig. to provide facilities (for evil deeds) / to open the floodgates
jiàn material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike / (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)
léi fields divided by dikes
土牛 niú clay ox / mound of earth on a dike (ready for emergency repairs)
围垦 wéi kěn to reclaim land by diking
hàn small dike
sào dike / old variant of 掃|扫[sao4]
溃决 kuì jué (of a dike or dam) to burst
黄泛区 Huáng fàn Huang He Inundated Area, the area flooded in 1938 when dikes along the Yellow River were destroyed in an attempt to halt the advance of Japanese troops / (historically) Huang He floodable area


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