扼ak1守sau2

ak1 sau2aak1 sau2è shǒu

English

to hold a pass
To defend a place using the contours of the land
to guard (a strategic location)

粵語 — Cantonese

利用險要地形堅守防御

Examples

個將軍利用四川嘅地形，以一千人守住敵人一萬人嘅入侵。
The general defended Sichuan using the peculiar landscape with one thousand troops against an invasion of ten thousand.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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