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堤坝

dībà

dam; dike; embankment

A wide dam holds back a calm green reservoir
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Characters in this word

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

坝 bà

Strokes
7
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 贝 sea shell
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 这座堤坝不仅用于防洪,还承担着调节灌溉用水的功能。 Zhè zuò dībà bùjǐn yòngyú fánghóng, hái chéngdān zhe tiáojié guàngài yòngshuǐ de gōngnéng. This dam is used not only for flood control, but also for regulating irrigation water.
  • 大雨后,工人在检查堤坝有没有被冲坏。 Dàyǔ hòu, gōngrén zài jiǎnchá dībà yǒu méiyǒu bèi chōnghuài. After the heavy rain, workers are checking whether the dam has been damaged by the water.
  • 堤坝修好以后,下游的农田再也不怕洪水了。 Dībà xiūhǎo yǐhòu, xiàyóu de nóngtián zài yě bú pà hóngshuǐ le. Once the dam was repaired, the farmland downstream no longer feared floods.

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