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填海

tián hǎi

2-character word

What 填海 means

1. land reclamation

The characters in 填海

• 填tiánto fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
• 海hǎiocean; sea; great number of people or things

Words containing 填海

• 精卫填海Jīng wèi tián hǎilit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition…

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