堤坝
dībà
dam, embankment
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 为了防洪,人们在河边修筑了坚固的堤坝。To prevent floods, people built a sturdy dam along the river.
- 洪水太大,堤坝差点被冲垮。The flood was so strong that the dam was nearly washed away.
Collocations
修筑堤坝加固堤坝堤坝决口防洪堤坝
Mnemonic
堤 dī "embankment" + 坝 bà "dam, weir": both characters are water-blocking banks, i.e. a dam or embankment. A synonym compound joining a river dike (堤) and a large dam (坝). Appears alongside 防洪 "flood control" and 灌溉 "irrigation".
Related
大坝堤防水坝河堤
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