'信号塔' (xìn hào tǎ) literally means 'signal t

'电视塔' (diànshì tǎ) literally means 'electric

‘灯塔’ (dēng tǎ) literally means ‘light tower

‘宝塔’ (bǎo tǎ) literally means ‘treasure pag

‘Jiāng dī’ literally combines ‘jiāng’ (rive

‘溃堤’ literally means ‘to break through a dike

‘筑堤’ is a verb meaning 'to build a dike' — a

‘海堤’ (hǎi dī) literally combines ‘海’ (hǎ

‘Fáng hóng dī’ literally means ‘flood-preven

‘堤岸’ (dī àn) is a compound noun meaning ‘di

炮堡 (pào bǎo) is a compound noun meaning 'gun e

‘土堡’ literally means 'earth fortress'—a defen

‘边堡’ (biān bǎo) literally combines 边 (biān

堡垒 (bǎo lěi) literally combines 堡 (bǎo), mea

‘碉堡’ (diāo bǎo) is a compound noun meaning

‘Gōngtáng’ literally combines 公 (gōng), mean

‘祠堂’ (cítáng) literally combines ‘祠’ (cí

课堂 (kètáng) literally combines 课 (kè), meani

‘田坝’ (tián bà) refers to a flat, open area o

Shān bà (山坝) refers to a relatively flat, open

‘草坝’ (cǎo bà) literally combines ‘草’ (cǎ

‘Shuǐ bà’ (水坝) literally means ‘water dam’

‘坝子’ (bà zi) is a colloquial, regionally spec

河坝 (hé bà) literally combines 河 (hé), meanin

'垂直' (chuí zhí) literally combines '垂' (to ha

Shàng pō literally combines shàng (to go up, as

'Xià pō' literally combines 'xià' (down) and 'p

山坡 literally combines 山 (shān), meaning 'mount

'Kēng kǒu' literally combines 坑 (kēng), meanin

‘坑道’ literally combines ‘坑’ (kēng), meanin

‘Shèng zhǐ’ literally means 'sacred decree'—a

‘Shèng shuǐ’ literally combines ‘shèng’ (sa

圣地 (shèng dì) literally combines 圣 (shèng),

'Huá biàn' literally combines 'huá' (a loud, ch

'Sèfū' is an ancient Chinese official title refe

‘Guósāng’ literally combines ‘guó’ (country

喧嚣 (xuān xiāo) is a literary and slightly form

喧闹 (xuān nào) is an adjective meaning 'bustlin

'Táng rén jiē' literally means 'Tang people str

The Tang dynasty (618–907 CE) was one of China’s