created sense approved 藩镇/藩鎮 · fānzhèn · frontier commandery — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
藩镇 / 藩鎮
fānzhèn
frontier commandery
Tang dynasty system of provincial administration led by a military governor ([[节度使|節度使|jie2 du4 shi3]]), specifically referring to independent regional power centers that resisted central control; literally 'fence town'
fánzhèn
藩 (literal) → 藩 · fān · to protect 镇 (literal) → 镇/鎮 · zhèn · garrison post
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition