"Stronghold" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 要塞 | yào sài | stronghold / fort / fortification |   |
| 据点 | jù diǎn | stronghold / defended military base / base for operations / strategic point / foothold / (market) presence | |
| 堡 |  bǎo | an earthwork / castle / position of defense / stronghold / used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad" | |
| 窝子 | wō zi | lair / den / stronghold | |
| 山寨 | shān zhài | fortified hill village / mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) / (fig.) knockoff (goods) / counterfeit / imitation | |
| 众志成城 | zhòng zhì chéng chéng | unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom) | |
| 天险 | tiān xiǎn | a natural stronghold | |
| 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) | |
| 砦 | zhài | stronghold / stockade | |
| 无坚不摧 | wú jiān bù cuī | no stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom) / to conquer every obstacle / nothing one can't do / to carry everything before one | |
| 劫寨 | jié zhài | to seize a stronghold / to surprise the enemy in his camp | |
| 匪穴 | fěi xué | bandit den / rebel stronghold | |
| 据守天险 | jù shǒu tiān xiǎn | to guard a natural stronghold | |
| 匪巢 | fěi cháo | bandit stronghold | |
