堑

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1. moat around a city

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吃一 堑 长一智。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1014135)

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Words Containing 堑

• 吃一堑，长一智 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.
• 地堑 地堑 dì qiàn: trench, rift valley
• 东非大地堑 东非大地堑 dōng fēi dà dì qiàn: Great East African rift valley
• 路堑 路堑 lù qiàn: (civil engineering) cutting (for a railway or highway)