塹 qiàn jiàn

moat, trench, pit, cavity

DEFINITIONS

塹 qiàn
  • moat around a city

WORDS

吃一塹，長一智 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.
地塹 dì qiàn trench, rift valley
東非大地塹 dōng fēi dà dì qiàn Great East African rift valley
路塹 lù qiàn (civil engineering) cutting (for a railway or highway)
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