堑
堑
qiàn
moat around a city
Traditional: 塹
Character Breakdown
Radical: 土 (no. 32)Traditional: 塹
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- moat around a city
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Words Containing 堑
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吃一堑，长一智(chī yī qiàn , zhǎng yī zhì)· Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
→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)
→城门失火，殃及池鱼(chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú)· a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
→堭(huáng)· a dry moat outside a city wall
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