堰

yàn
weir

CEDICT

  1. dam
  2. embankment; dike; bank
  3. weir

Wiktionary

  1. 擋水的土堤。
  2. 阻擋。

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兵來將敵，水來土堰 bīngláijiàngdí,shuǐláitǔyàn
  1. counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
十堰 Shíyàn see 十堰市 Shíyàn Shì
圍堰 wéiyàn a cofferdam
堰塞湖 yànsèhú
  1. barrier lake; landslide dam
  2. dammed lake
堰蜓座 Yàntíngzuò Chamaeleon (constellation)
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