三峡大坝

Traditional form:

三峽大壩

Pinyin (reading):

Sānxiá Dàbà

Definitions:

• Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River

Characters:

• 三 - three
• 峡 - gorge, ravine, strait; isthmus
• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 坝 - embankment; dam

Traditional characters:

• 三 - three
• 峽 - gorge, ravine, strait; isthmus
• 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep
• 壩 - embankment; dam