拦河坝

Traditional form:

攔河壩

Pinyin (reading):

lánhébà

Definitions:

• a dam across a river

Characters:

• 拦 - to block, to hinder, to obstruct
• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
• 坝 - embankment; dam

Traditional characters:

• 攔 - to block, to hinder, to obstruct
• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
• 壩 - embankment; dam