wèng​chéng

barbican

瓮城 甕城 wèng​chéng
barbican
An enclosure or small defensive wall built outside a city gate to protect the entrance; also called 月城 yuè​chéng.
Tieweng City
(literary) Another name for Tieweng City, an inner fortress in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, built by Sun Quan during the Three Kingdoms period.

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