(of a watercourse) to breach its dike; (of dikes) to collapse

dam; dike

embankment; bank; levee

dike; embankment; levee

levee; dyke; seawall

(road or railway) embankment

(Tw) (loanword) latte

breakwater; seawall; fig. defensive buffer zone

tide embankment

Kinderdijk, village in the Netherlands with a large network of windmills attracting many tourists

see 千里之堤，潰於蟻穴|千里之堤，溃于蚁穴[qian1 li3 zhi1 di1 , kui4 yu2 yi3 xue2]

(lit.) an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom); (fig.) huge damage may result from a moment's negligence