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堑
Simplified
堑
Traditional
塹
Pinyin
qiàn
Definition
(bound form) moat; chasm
河边有个深堑
Hé biān yǒu gè shēn qiàn
There's a deep moat by the river
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堑
斩
+
土
斩
Part
zhǎn
cut
土
Part
tǔ
soil
Appears in characters like:
渐
渐
暂
暂
惭
堑
崭
椠
錾
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天堑
tiān qiàn
natural moat
堑壕
qiàn háo
trench; entrenchment
路堑
lù qiàn
(civil engineering) cutting (for a railway or highway)
地堑
dì qiàn
trench, rift valley
堑壕战
qiàn háo zhàn
trench warfare
东非大地堑
dōng fēi dà dì qiàn
Great East African rift valley
吃一堑,长一智
chī yī qiàn , zhǎng yī zhì
Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
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