堑 (塹) qiàn
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qiàn
noun
moat around a city
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 护城河 (CC-CEDICT '塹'; Guoyu '塹' n 1; Kroll 2015 '塹' 1, p. 362; Mathews 1931 '塹' p. 128; Unihan '塹') -
qiàn
noun
dangerous terrain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '塹' n 2) -
qiàn
noun
a difficulty
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 困难 (Guoyu '塹' n 3) -
qiàn
verb
to dig a trench
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '塹' 1a, p. 362; Guoyu '塹' v)
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- 高垒深堑(高壘深塹) a high rampart and a deep moat
- 高城深堑(高城深塹) high walls and a deep moat; a solid defense
- 地堑(地塹) trench, rift valley
- 坑堑(坑塹) a defensive moat beside a rampart
- 高壁深堑(高壁深塹) a high wall and a deep moat
- 天堑(天塹) a natural boundary
- 吃一堑，长一智(吃一塹，長一智) Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time; One only learns from one's mistakes.
- 路堑(路塹) (civil engineering) cutting (for a railway or highway)
- 长江天堑(長江天塹) the Yangtze River as a natural boundary
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