防波堤
fáng bō dī
Pinyin

Definition

防波堤
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fáng bō dī
  1. breakwater
  2. seawall
  3. fig. defensive buffer zone

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bēn bō
  1. 1 to rush about
  2. 2 to be constantly on the move
Níng bō
  1. 1 Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang
wēi bō lú
  1. 1 microwave oven
  2. 2 CL:臺|台[tái]
  1. 1 Poland
  2. 2 Polish
  3. 3 abbr. for 波蘭|波兰[Bō lán]
bō luó mì
  1. 1 jackfruit
  2. 2 breadfruit
  3. 3 Artocarpus heterophyllus
fáng
  1. 1 to protect
  2. 2 to defend
  3. 3 to guard against
  4. 4 to prevent
fáng zhǐ
  1. 1 to prevent
  2. 2 to guard against
  3. 3 to take precautions
yù fáng
  1. 1 to prevent
  2. 2 to take precautions against
  3. 3 to protect
  4. 4 to guard against
  5. 5 precautionary
  6. 6 prophylactic
Rén bō qiè
  1. 1 Rinpoche (Tibetan honorific)
yǐ fáng
  1. 1 (so as) to avoid
  2. 2 to prevent
  3. 3 (just) in case
guāng bō
  1. 1 light wave
Zhōu Lì bō
  1. 1 Zhou Libo (1908-1979), left-wing journalist, translator and novelist
  2. 2 Zhou Libo (1967-), Chinese stand-up comedian
guó fáng
  1. 1 national defense
Guó fáng bù
  1. 1 Defense Department
  2. 2 Ministry of National Defense
  1. 1 dike
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [tí]
Níng bō shì
  1. 1 Ningbo subprovincial city in Zhejiang
wēi bō
  1. 1 ripple
  2. 2 microwave
dī fáng
  1. 1 to guard against
  2. 2 to be vigilant
  3. 3 watch you don't (slip)
  4. 4 also pr. [tí fáng]
gōng fáng
  1. 1 attack and defense
  2. 2 the midfield (in soccer)
jué dī
  1. 1 (of a watercourse) to breach its dike
  2. 2 (of dikes) to collapse

Idioms (17)

一波未平,一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
以防万一
yǐ fáng wàn yī
  1. 1 to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case
  2. 2 prepared for any eventualities
俭以防匮
jiǎn yǐ fáng kuì
  1. 1 frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)
千里之堤,溃于蚁穴
qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué
  1. 1 an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
  2. 2 huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
推波助澜
tuī bō zhù lán
  1. 1 to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum
  2. 2 to encourage sth to get bigger
  3. 3 to add fuel to the fire
明枪好躲,暗箭难防
míng qiāng hǎo duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
  1. 1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
明枪易躲,暗箭难防
míng qiāng yì duǒ , àn jiàn nán fáng
  1. 1 lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies
暗送秋波
àn sòng qiū bō
  1. 1 to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
波涛粼粼
bō tāo lín lín
  1. 1 crystalline waves (idiom)
送秋波
sòng qiū bō
  1. 1 to cast flirtatious glances at sb (idiom)
醋海生波
cù hǎi shēng bō
  1. 1 lit. waves on a sea of vinegar
  2. 2 trouble caused by a jealous woman (idiom)
防不胜防
fáng bù shèng fáng
  1. 1 you can't guard against it (idiom)
  2. 2 impossible to defend effectively
  3. 3 not much one can do about it
  4. 4 It can't be prevented.
防微杜渐
fáng wēi dù jiàn
  1. 1 to nip in the bud (idiom)
防患未然
fáng huàn wèi rán
  1. 1 to prevent troubles before the event (idiom)
  2. 2 to forestall
  3. 3 to nip sth in the bud
防患未萌
fáng huàn wèi méng
  1. 1 to prevent a disaster before the event (idiom); to nip sth in the bud
随波逐流
suí bō zhú liú
  1. 1 to drift with the waves and go with the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly
随波逊流
suí bō xùn liú
  1. 1 to drift with the waves and yield to the flow (idiom); to follow the crowd blindly

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