dǎo​liàn

island chain

  • created sense approved 岛链/島鏈 · dǎo​liàn · island chain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    岛链 / 島鏈

    dǎo​liàn

    island chain

    A chain or string of islands geographically arranged in a line; specifically used in military strategy to describe defensive or offensive maritime perimeters.

    岛 (literal) → 岛/島 · dǎo · island 链 (literal) → 链/鏈 · liàn · chain

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

    created sense