a wall or embankment built to prevent flooding from a river or sea

A collective term for dams and dikes; structures built to hold back or store water.

A barrier made of earth, stone, or concrete built along the side of a river to prevent flooding; dike; levee

a wall or bank built to prevent a river or lake from overflowing; levee

(of floodwaters) to breach a dike or dam

a raised bank or foundation made of earth or stones to support a road or railway

an embankment or levee built around low-lying land near a river or sea to prevent flooding and protect fields

A wall or barrier built out into the sea to protect a harbor from waves; seawall; mole; also used figuratively for a defensive buffer zone

a protective engineering structure, such as a concrete wall or stone slope, used to prevent riverbanks from eroding or collapsing

dike; embankment

(of floodwaters) to break through an embankment or burst a dike

a wall or embankment built along the shore to prevent erosion or flooding by the sea; levee; dyke

to construct or repair a dike or embankment for water control

embankment; dike; levee; a general term for structures used to block or hold back water

a famous causeway at the West Lake in Hangzhou, built by the Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi

Literally meaning that an ant nest can cause a dam to collapse, used to warn that slight negligence or small mistakes can lead to major catastrophe.

literally meaning a thousand-mile dike can be destroyed by an ant hole; used to describe how a tiny mistake or a small amount of negligence can cause a huge catastrophe

literally, a dike of a thousand miles may collapse because of an ant hole; small problems or moments of negligence can lead to huge disasters or major losses if not addressed early

an earthen dike or barrier used to hold back water

Cholon city, the historic Chinese quarter of what is now Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam

tiramisu; a coffee-flavored Italian dessert

a coral reef running parallel to the shore but separated from it by a channel of deep water

raised road or path across low ground or water

a small dike temporarily built on top of an existing one to prevent floodwaters from overflowing or breaching the main embankment; also called [[子埝|子埝|zi3 nian4]]

Kinderdijk, a village in the Netherlands famous for its large network of windmills

A famous causeway in the West Lake of Hangzhou; originally called [[白沙堤|白沙堤|bai2 sha1 di1]], it was renamed to honor the poet [[白居易|白居易|bai2 ju1 yi4]].

original name of the causeway in Hangzhou's West Lake, later renamed in honor of the poet Bai Juyi

(Taiwan) latte; loanword from English

a long embankment or dike used to prevent flooding from a river or the sea

A sea wall or levee built to protect low-lying areas from high tides and flooding

a mound or bank of snow piled up by wind or snowplows