Usage of the character 堰
yàn
堰
[堰]
- weir
wéiyàn
围堰
[圍堰]
- a cofferdam
tángyàn
塘堰
[塘堰]
- irrigation pond or dam
Jiāngyàn
姜堰
[薑堰]
- Jiangyan, county-level city in Taizhou 泰州 ( Tàizhōu), Jiangsu
Shíyàn
十堰
[十堰]
- Shiyan, prefecture-level city in Hubei
Jiāngyànshì
姜堰市
[薑堰市]
- Jiangyan, county-level city in Taizhou 泰州 ( Tàizhōu), Jiangsu
Dūjiāngyàn
都江堰
[都江堰]
- Dujiangyan in Sichuan, a famous water engineering project and World Heritage Site
- Dujiangyan, county-level city in Chengdu 成都 ( Chéngdū), Sichuan
yànsèhú
堰塞湖
[堰塞湖]
- barrier lake; landslide dam
- dammed lake
Yàntíngzuò
堰蜓座
[堰蜓座]
- Chamaeleon (constellation)
Shíyàn Shì
十堰市
[十堰市]
- Shiyan, prefecture-level city in Hubei
Dūjiāngyànshì
都江堰市
[都江堰市]
- Dujiangyan, county-level city in Chengdu 成都 ( Chéngdū), Sichuan
bīngláijiàngdí,shuǐláitǔyàn
兵来将敌，水来土堰
[兵來將敵，水來土堰]
- counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
- to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation