shí​chéng​tāng​chí

strongly fortified city

  • created sense approved 石城汤池/石城湯池 · shí​chéng​tāng​chí · strongly fortified city — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    石城汤池 / 石城湯池

    shí​chéng​tāng​chí

    strongly fortified city

    (idiom) a city with walls as hard as stone and a moat of boiling water; used to describe a place that is heavily defended and impossible to breach

    石城 (literal) → 石城 · shí​chéng · stone city 汤池 (literal) → 汤池/湯池 · tāng​chí · impenetrable moat

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