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堤

dī

dike; embankment

A grassy embankment beside a calm river with a small red house
Memory picture

Character

堤 dī

Strokes
12
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 是 to be
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 汛期来临前,村民沿着这道堤巡查裂缝和渗水点。 Xùnqī láilín qián, cūnmín yánzhe zhè dào dī xúnchá lièfèng hé shènshuǐ diǎn. Before flood season arrived, the villagers patrolled along this embankment checking for cracks and seepage points.
  • 孩子们沿着河堤跑步,夕阳照在水面上。 Háizimen yánzhe hédī pǎobù, xīyáng zhào zài shuǐmiàn shàng. The children ran along the river embankment while the setting sun shone on the water.
  • 春天,堤上的柳树发了新芽,很多人来散步。 Chūntiān, dī shàng de liǔshù fā le xīnyá, hěn duō rén lái sànbù. In spring the willows on the embankment sprouted new buds and many people came for a walk.

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