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堰
yàn
1. weir
Common • Top 12% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

堰
yàn
dam, dike, embankment
12 丶

Compound Words (13)

十堰
Shíyàn
Shiyan prefecture level city in Hubei
围堰
wéiyàn
a cofferdam
塘堰
tángyàn
irrigation pond or dam
姜堰
Jiāngyàn
Jiangyan county level city in Taizhou [[泰州<Tàizhōu>]], Jiangsu
十堰市
Shíyànshì
Shiyan prefecture level city in Hubei
堰塞湖
yànsèhú
dammed lake
堰蜓座
Yàntíngzuò
Chamaeleon (constellation)
戚墅堰
Qīshùyàn
Qishu district of Changzhou city [[常州市<Chángzhōushì>]], Jiangsu
姜堰市
Jiāngyànshì
Jiangyan county level city in Taizhou [[泰州<Tàizhōu>]], Jiangsu
都江堰
Dūjiāngyàn
Dujiangyan in Sichuan, a famous water engineering project and World Heritage Site
戚墅堰区
Qīshùyànqū
Qishu district of Changzhou city [[常州市<Chángzhōushì>]], Jiangsu
都江堰市
Dūjiāngyànshì
Dujiangyan county level city in Chengdu [[成都<Chéngdū>]], Sichuan
兵来将敌,水来土堰
bīngláijiàngdí,shuǐláitǔyàn
counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action

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