防波堤

Traditional form:

防波堤

Pinyin (reading):

fángbōdī

Definitions:

• breakwater
• seawall
• fig. defensive buffer zone

Characters:

• 防 - to protect, to defend, to guard against
• 波 - waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
• 堤 - dike

Traditional characters:

• 防 - to protect, to defend, to guard against
• 波 - waves, ripples, breakers; undulations
• 堤 - dike