Chinese–English

楗

jiàn · jian

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

material (such as rocks, earth, bamboo etc) used to hastily repair a dike
(literary) door bar (vertical bar used to prevent the horizontal movement of a door bolt)

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0. Pinyin display and entry grouping have been adapted.