| 1 | 兵来将敌,水来土堰 | 兵來將敵,水來土堰 | bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn | bing1 lai2 jiang4 di2 , shui3 lai2 tu3 yan4 | counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action; to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation | | |
| 2 | 都江堰 | 都江堰 | dū jiāng yàn | Du1 jiang1 yan4 | Dujiangyan in Sichuan, a famous water engineering project and World Heritage Site; Dujiangyan county level city in Chengdu 成都 , Sichuan | | |
| 3 | 都江堰市 | 都江堰市 | dū jiāng yàn shì | Du1 jiang1 yan4 shi4 | Dujiangyan county level city in Chengdu 成都 , Sichuan | | |
| 4 | 姜堰 | 薑堰 | jiāng yàn | Jiang1 yan4 | Jiangyan county level city in Taizhou 泰州 , Jiangsu | | |
| 5 | 姜堰市 | 薑堰市 | jiāng yàn shì | Jiang1 yan4 shi4 | Jiangyan county level city in Taizhou 泰州 , Jiangsu | | |
| 6 | 戚墅堰 | 慼墅堰 | qī shù yàn | Qi1 shu4 yan4 | Qishu district of Changzhou city 常州市 , Jiangsu | | |
| 7 | 戚墅堰区 | 慼墅堰區 | qī shù yàn qū | Qi1 shu4 yan4 qu1 | Qishu district of Changzhou city 常州市 , Jiangsu | | |
| 8 | 十堰 | 十堰 | shí yàn | Shi2 yan4 | Shiyan prefecture level city in Hubei | | |
| 9 | 十堰市 | 十堰市 | shí yàn shì | Shi2 yan4 shi4 | Shiyan prefecture level city in Hubei | | |
| 10 | 塘堰 | 塘堰 | táng yàn | tang2 yan4 | irrigation pond or dam | | |
| 11 | 围堰 | 圍堰 | wéi yàn | wei2 yan4 | a cofferdam | | |
| 12 | 堰 | 堰 | yàn | yan4 | weir | | |
| 13 | 堰塞湖 | 堰塞湖 | yàn sè hú | yan4 se4 hu2 | dammed lake; lake formed by landslip or lava flow | | |
| 14 | 堰蜓座 | 堰蜓座 | yàn tíng zuò | Yan4 ting2 zuo4 | Chamaeleon (constellation) | | |