滩头堡 tāntóubǎo beachhead Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 滩头 灘頭 tāntóu beachhead (military) an area on an enemy shore which, once captured, is used for the further landing of troops and supplies堡 bǎo nounproper noun fortress (bound form) fort; fortress; castle; also used to transliterate names ending in -burg or -berg, or as an abbreviation for 汉堡 hànbǎo