堤防
dī fáng
Pinyin

Definition

堤防
 - 
dī fáng
  1. dike
  2. embankment
  3. levee

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

防
fáng
  1. 1 to protect
  2. 2 to defend
  3. 3 to guard against
  4. 4 to prevent
防守
fáng shǒu
  1. 1 to defend
  2. 2 to protect (against)
防晒
fáng shài
  1. 1 sunburn protection
防止
fáng zhǐ
  1. 1 to prevent
  2. 2 to guard against
  3. 3 to take precautions
防水
fáng shuǐ
  1. 1 waterproof
预防
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
以防
yǐ fáng
  1. 1 (so as) to avoid
  2. 2 to prevent
  3. 3 (just) in case
严防
yán fáng
  1. 1 to take strict precautions
  2. 2 on your guard
国防
guó fáng
  1. 1 national defense
国防部
Guó fáng bù
  1. 1 Defense Department
  2. 2 Ministry of National Defense
堤
dī
  1. 1 dike
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [tí]
提防
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]
攻防
gōng fáng
  1. 1 attack and defense
  2. 2 the midfield (in soccer)
决堤
jué dī
  1. 1 (of a watercourse) to breach its dike
  2. 2 (of dikes) to collapse
消防
xiāo fáng
  1. 1 firefighting
  2. 2 fire control
消防员
xiāo fáng yuán
  1. 1 firefighter
  2. 2 fireman
消防车
xiāo fáng chē
  1. 1 fire engine
  2. 2 fire truck
消防队
xiāo fáng duì
  1. 1 fire brigade
  2. 2 fire department
猝不及防
cù bù jí fáng
  1. 1 to be caught off guard
  2. 2 without warning
设防
shè fáng
  1. 1 to set up defenses
  2. 2 to fortify

Idioms (9)

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
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
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

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