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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 7 (est.) · 詞
十堰 word · TOCFL 7 (est.)
十堰 ＝ 十 ＋ 堰
ㄕˊ ㄧㄢˋ · Shíyàn
proper noun — Shiyan, a city in northwestern Hubei

字源 FORM — what the parts do

十ten (十個)shí
堰a weir, a low dam across a stream (堰塞湖)yàn
十堰，十個的十，堰塞湖的堰。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一條溪上修了十（十）道堰（堰），地方就照數命名。
Ten (十) weirs (堰) built across one stream, and the place is named for the count.
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關 · Related
堰塞湖yànsèhúa lake dammed by a barrier — the same 堰