坎儿井
坎儿井
kǎn r jǐng
karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)
Traditional: 坎兒井
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- karez, qanat or "horizontal well" (irrigation and water management system used in Xinjiang, Central Asia and Middle East)
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Related Words
亚欧大陆腹地(Yà ōu dà lù fù dì)— Eurasian hinterland (i.e. Central Asia including Xinjiang)
→取水(qǔ shuǐ)— water intake
→吃水不忘掘井人(chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén)— Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
→固若金汤(gù ruò jīn tāng)— secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom)
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