桥 头 堡

qiáo tóu bǎodictionary entry

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)

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

橋頭堡 桥头堡 [qiao2 tou2 bao3] /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)/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 橋頭堡

桥
qiáo
bridge / CL:座[zuò]
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:個|个[gè]
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 漢堡|汉堡[hàn bǎo])
bǔ
village (used in place names)
pù
used in place names

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