堤
dī
Pinyin

Definition

堤
 - 
dī
  1. dike
  2. Taiwan pr. [tí]
堤 (隄)
 - 
dī
  1. variant of 堤[dī]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (7)

堤
dī
  1. 1 dike
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [tí]
决堤
jué dī
  1. 1 (of a watercourse) to breach its dike
  2. 2 (of dikes) to collapse
堤坝
dī bà
  1. 1 dam
  2. 2 dike
堤岸
dī àn
  1. 1 embankment
  2. 2 bank
  3. 3 levee
堤防
dī fáng
  1. 1 dike
  2. 2 embankment
  3. 3 levee

Idioms (1)

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

Sample Sentences

网上说的的西湖十景是苏堤春晓、曲院风荷、平湖秋月、断桥残雪、柳浪闻莺、花港观鱼、雷峰夕照、双峰插云、南屏晚钟、三潭印月。听起来好有文化的样子啊。
wǎngshàng shuōde de xīhúshíjǐng shì sūtí chūnxiǎo 、qǔyuàn fēnghé 、pínghú qiūyuè 、duànqiáo cánxuě 、liǔlàng wényīng 、huāgǎng guānyú 、léifēng xīzhào 、shuāngfēng chāyún 、nánpíng wǎnzhōng 、sāntán yìnyuè 。tīng qǐlai hǎo yǒu wénhuà de yàngzi ā 。
On the internet it says the ten legendary scenes are 'Dawn on the Su Causeway in Spring', 'Lotuses in the Breeze at the Winery Garden', 'Autumn Moon over the Calm Lake', 'Lingering Snow at Broken Bridge', 'Orioles Singing amid the Billowing Willows', 'Observing Fish at Flower Pond', 'Leifeng Pagoda at Sunset', 'Twin Peaks Piercing the Clouds', 'Hearing the Temple's Evening Bell Below Nanping Mountain' and 'Three Pools Mirroring the Moon'. It sounds so cultural.
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美人儿一样的西湖啊，对了，听说西湖还有个著名景点叫苏堤，就是当年苏轼建造的。苏堤也因此得名。
měirénr yīyàng de xīhú ā ，duì le ，tīngshuō xīhú háiyǒu gè zhùmíng jǐngdiǎn jiào sūtí ，jiùshì dāngnián Sū Shì jiànzào de 。sūtí yě yīncǐ démíng 。
The West Lake is just like a beautiful woman, yes, I hear the West Lake still has another famous scenic spot called Su Causeway, built by Su Shi. That's how the Su Causeway got famous.
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