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Meaning of 瓮城

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瓮 wèng 城 chéng (Trad.: 甕城)
enceinte of a city gate; barbican entrance to a city
Example Sentences
1
紧挨着东门
,
有一个小小的方城
,
叫做瓮城
。
Next to East Gate, a small town square, called the Barbican.
2
中华门是南京城墙上最大的一座城门
,
也是世界建城史上最大的瓮城
。
The Zhonghua Gate is the biggest gate in the wall, and it is also the biggest in the world.
3
以
《
周易
》
理论为视角
,
解读南京通济门船形瓮城的各种建筑意象
。
This paper intends to interpret the architectural image of boat-shaped urn city at Tongji Gate in Nanjing with the theory of "Book of Changes".
4
它的城门洞没有开在正东方向
,
而是在关城和瓮城的拐角处
,
向南而开
。
It's not open doorway in the city due east, but in off the corner of the city and the Urn, the south and open.
5
今天所见的正阳门是
1900年
八国联军入侵北京
,
炮轰炸毁之后修复的
,
原由城楼
、
箭楼
、
瓮城等组成
。
The Zhengyang Gate we see today was renovated upon its destruction in 1900 when the Allied Force of the Eight Powers invaded Beijing, formerly consisting of rostrum, watchtower and outside enclosure.