crabapple tree (Malus); sea wall
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 2 examplesnoun
a dyke or embankment for defense against sea tides
technicalA coastal engineering structure to prevent flooding from the sea. This sense is less common in everyday language than the botanical one.
Gǔ古
dài代
yán沿
hǎi海
jū居
mín民
xiū修
jiàn建
hǎi海
táng棠
lái来
bǎo保
hù护
nóng农
tián田
。
Ancient coastal residents built sea walls to protect farmland.
Zhè这
zuò座
lǎo老
hǎi海
táng棠
lì历
jīng经
shù数
bǎi百
nián年
fēng风
yǔ雨
yī依
rán然
jiān坚
gù固
。
This old sea wall has remained solid through hundreds of years of wind and rain.