堑

qiàn

(bound form) moat; chasm

Traditional 塹

Meaning

qiàn qian4
  1. (bound form) moat; chasm

Example sentences

  • chīyīqiànzhǎngyīzhì吃一堑长一智。
    A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.

Words with 堑

  • 地堑dìqiàntrench, rift valley
  • 天堑tiānqiànnatural moat
  • 路堑lùqiàn(civil engineering) cutting (for a railway or highway)
  • 堑壕qiànháotrench; entrenchment
  • 堑壕战qiànháozhàntrench warfare

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