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  1. 1. weir

Words Containing 堰

兵来将敌,水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn

to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation

十堰
shí yàn

Shiyan, prefecture-level city in Hubei

十堰市
shí yàn shì

Shiyan, prefecture-level city in Hubei

围堰
wéi yàn

a cofferdam

堰塞湖
yàn sè hú

dammed lake

堰蜓座
yàn tíng zuò

Chamaeleon (constellation)

塘堰
táng yàn

irrigation pond or dam

姜堰
jiāng yàn

Jiangyan, county-level city in Taizhou 泰州[tài zhōu], Jiangsu

姜堰市
jiāng yàn shì

Jiangyan, county-level city in Taizhou 泰州[tài zhōu], Jiangsu

都江堰
dū jiāng yàn

Dujiangyan in Sichuan, a famous water engineering project and World Heritage Site

都江堰市
dū jiāng yàn shì

Dujiangyan, county-level city in Chengdu 成都[chéng dū], Sichuan

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