大坝

大

dà

坝

壩

bà

dam

Characters and words in 大坝

大

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

大

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

坝

壩

bà = b + a4

dam / dike / embankment / CL:條|条[tiao2]

坝 = 土 + 贝 : The crab (贝) wants to use the ashram's bathroom (a4), but Beelzebub (b) built a dike (坝) made out of dirt (土) and the crab is unable to overcome the dike.

坝

壩

bà = b + a4

dam / dike; embankment / CL:條|条[tiao2]