堡 bǎo
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
堡垒
bǎolěi
fortress; stronghold
Characters in this word
垒 lěi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 厽 pile 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这座边境堡垒曾经固若金汤，如今只剩下被风沙侵蚀的城墙。 Zhè zuò biānjìng bǎolěi céngjīng gùruòjīntāng, rújīn zhǐ shèngxià bèi fēngshā qīnshí de chéngqiáng. This border fortress was once impregnable, but now only walls eroded by wind and sand remain.
- 孩子们在沙滩上堆了一座小堡垒，还插上了一面旗子。 Háizimen zài shātān shang duī le yí zuò xiǎo bǎolěi, hái chā shàng le yí miàn qízi. The children built a little fortress on the beach and stuck a flag on it.
- 这家老书店是小镇最后的文化堡垒。 Zhè jiā lǎo shūdiàn shì xiǎozhèn zuìhòu de wénhuà bǎolěi. This old bookshop is the small town's last cultural stronghold.
Related words
- 壁垒 bìlěi barrier; rampart
- 机密 jīmì confidential; secret; classified
- 俘获 fúhuò to capture; to win over
- 干戈 gāngē weapons; war; armed conflict
- 俘虏 fúlǔ to capture; captive; prisoner
- 撤退 chètuì to retreat; to withdraw
- 封锁 fēngsuǒ to blockade; to seal off; to block
- 核武器 héwǔqì nuclear weapon
- 导弹 dǎodàn missile
- 轰炸 hōngzhà to bomb; to bombard
- 反击 fǎnjī to counterattack; to strike back
- 攻势 gōngshì offensive; campaign