| 桥头堡 |
qiáo tóu bǎo |
bridgehead (military) / stronghold serving as a base for advancing further into enemy territory / bridge tower (ornamental structure at either end of a bridge) / (fig.) gateway (place that provides access to other places beyond it) / bridgehead (key location serving as a base for further expansion) |
| 桥 |
qiáo |
bridge / CL:座 |
| 桥头 |
qiáo tóu |
either end of a bridge / a bridgehead |
| 头 |
tóu |
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:个 |
| 头 |
tou |
suffix for nouns |
| 堡 |
bǎo |
(bound form) fortress; stronghold / (often used to transliterate -berg, -burg etc in place names) / (bound form) burger (abbr. for 汉堡) |
| 堡 |
bǔ |
village (used in place names) |
| 堡 |
pù |
variant of 铺 / used in place names |