Meanings
alternative Dian Lake · alternative Lake Tien
- A lake in Yunnan, China, near Kunming.
The chapter will therefore range much more widely than the previous ones, to take in places and events as diverse as the bronzes cast near the shores of Lake Dian in Yunnan province in the south-west, and the Tagar culture in the Yenisei valley in southern Siberia.
1980, Jessica Rawson, “The Eastern Zhou”, in Ancient China: Art and Archaeology, London: Book Club Associates, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1331 more example
The 74-year-old strident campaigner has spent his life trying to protect the sprawling Lake Dian in southwestern China, challenging businesses to clean up their act around the local beauty spot and reporting those who pollute it.[…]But a plan to divert fresh water to Lake Dian from the Yangtze river 400 kilometres away will take years to complete.
2021 November 16, “'The water is poison': Chinese activist spends life protecting polluted lake”, in France 24, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2021Synonyms: Dianchi Lake, Kunming Lake
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA lake in Yunnan, China, near Kunming.
Origin
Partial calque of Mandarin 滇池 (Diānchí)
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 滇池
- 滇池 (Diān Chí)lake
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Lake Dian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lake%20Dian
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