大沽炮台
dà​gū​pào​tái

Taku Forts

  • created sense approved 大沽炮台/大沽砲臺 · dà​gū​pào​tái · Taku Forts — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    大沽炮台 / 大沽砲臺

    dà​gū​pào​tái

    Taku Forts

    Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty; they played a prominent role during the Opium Wars from 1839 to 1860

    大 (literal) → 大 · dà · big 沽 (literal) → 沽 · gū · Tianjin 炮台 (literal) → 炮台/炮臺 · pào​tái · fort

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense