"Dike" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 dī bà dam / dike
 dī fáng dike / embankment / levee
 shuǐ bà dam / dike
 bà dam / dike / embankment / CL:條|条[tiao2]
 wéi dike
 sào dike / old variant of 掃|扫[sao4]
 liè (literary) equal / enclosure / dike / embankment / Taiwan pr. [le4]
 yán qiáng dyke / dike
 yán mò dyke / dike
 Dí kè Dick (person name)
 jué dī (of a watercourse) to breach its dike / (of dikes) to collapse
 hé lóng to join the two sections (of a linear structure: bridge, dike etc) to complete its construction
 kāi kǒu zi a dike breaks / fig. to provide facilities (for evil deeds) / to open the floodgates
 lèi enclosure, dike, embankment
 niàn earth embankment used to hold back or retain water / dike around a paddy field
 jiàn material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike / (literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)
 qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
 tǔ niú clay ox / mound of earth on a dike (ready for emergency repairs)
 hàn small dike
 lóu (dialect) an opening at the bottom of a dike for letting water in or out / small channel across a river embankment / (used in place names) / Taiwan pr. [dou1]
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