how can it be that?

(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2]); (literary) big; great; (dialect) he; she; him; her; (old) rim of a carriage wheel; felloe

irrigation ditch; (fig.) channel; avenue

Qu County or Quxian, a county in Dazhou City 達州市|达州市[Da2 zhou1 Shi4], Sichuan

trench

irrigation ditch; (fig.) channel; avenue

trench

Qu County or Quxian, a county in Dazhou City 達州市|达州市[Da2 zhou1 Shi4], Sichuan

rebel leader; ringleader; bandit chieftain

channel; moat; irrigation canal

trunk canal

(open, uncovered) water channel; canal

underground water channel; covered ditch; culvert

canal