险滩

Traditional form:

險灘

Pinyin (reading):

xiǎntān

Definitions:

• shoals; rapids; treacherous section of a river

Characters:

• 险 - narrow pass, strategic point
• 滩 - rapids; sandbar, shoal

Traditional characters:

• 險 - narrow pass, strategic point
• 灘 - rapids; sandbar, shoal