十堰市 (Shíyànshì) — Shiyan, a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei, home to the Wudang Mountains

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 7 (est.) · 詞

十堰市 word · TOCFL 7 (est.)

十堰市＝十＋堰＋市

ㄕˊ ㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ · Shíyànshì

proper noun — Shiyan, a prefecture-level city in northwestern Hubei, home to the Wudang Mountains

字源 FORM — what the parts do

十ten (十個的十)shí

堰a weir; a low dam (堰塞湖的堰)yàn

市city (城市的市)shì

十堰市，十個的十，堰塞湖的堰，城市的市。

兩條溪上築了十（十）道堰（堰），這座城（市）就以它們為名。

Ten weirs (堰) built across two streams, and the city (市) takes its name from them.

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