created sense approved 堰塞湖 · yànsèhú · barrier lake — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
堰塞湖
yànsèhú
barrier lake
A lake formed by natural occurrences such as earthquakes, landslides, or volcanic eruptions that block a river valley or riverbed; dammed lake
堰 (literal) → 堰 · yàn · to dam 塞 (literal) → 塞 · sè · to block 湖 (literal) → 湖 · hú · lake
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 堰塞湖 · yànsèhú · bottleneck — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
堰塞湖
yànsèhú
bottleneck
(Mainland usage) A metaphor for a situation that is blocked or cannot operate smoothly, such as an administrative logjam or a backlog of financial filings
堰 (literal) → 堰 · yàn · to dam 塞 (literal) → 塞 · sè · to block 湖 (literal) → 湖 · hú · lake
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition