要塞
jiu3 coi3yào sài
English
- stronghold
- fort
- fortification
- fort; fortress; stronghold
粵語 — Cantonese
- 泛指大型嘅軍事防禦建築,可以俾軍隊長期駐紮同防守,阻礙敵人進攻
Examples
呢個法國要塞話就話堅不可摧,但係唔使兩個禮拜就俾人攻陷。
This French fortress was famed to be impregnable yet only lasted two weeks under siege.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk