- 堑 塹 qian4
- moat around a city
| strokes | 11 |
|---|---|
| radical | |
| strokes after radical | 8 |
- 吃一堑，长一智 吃一塹，長一智 chi1 yi1 qian4 - zhang3 yi1 zhi4
- Fall into the moat and you'll be wiser next time (idiom); One only learns from one's mistakes.
- 地堑 地塹 di4 qian4
- trench, rift valley
- 东非大地堑 東非大地塹 dong1 fei1 da4 di4 qian4
- Great East African rift valley