重镇 (重鎮)
zhòng zhèn
Pinyin

Definition

重镇 (重鎮)
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zhòng zhèn
  1. (military) strategic town
  2. (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

严重
yán zhòng
  1. 1 grave
  2. 2 serious
  3. 3 severe
  4. 4 critical
重
chóng
  1. 1 to repeat
  2. 2 repetition
  3. 3 again
  4. 4 re-
  5. 5 classifier: layer
重新
chóng xīn
  1. 1 again
  2. 2 once more
  3. 3 re-
重要
zhòng yào
  1. 1 important
  2. 2 significant
  3. 3 major
保重
bǎo zhòng
  1. 1 to take care of oneself

Idioms (20)

一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
不知轻重
bù zhī qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
  2. 2 naive
  3. 3 doesn't know who's who
  4. 4 no sense of priorities
功高望重
gōng gāo wàng zhòng
  1. 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.

Sample Sentences

在这条大动脉上，资金、技术、人员等生产要素自由流动，商品、资源成果等实现共享。阿拉木图、撒马尔罕、长安等重镇和苏尔港广州等良港兴旺发达，罗马、安息、贵霜等古国欣欣向荣，中国汉唐迎来了盛世。古丝绸之路创造了地区大发展大繁荣。
zài zhè tiáo dàdòngmài shàng ，zījīn 、jìshù 、rényuán děng shēngchǎn yàosù zìyóu liúdòng ，shāngpǐn 、Zīyuán chéngguǒ děng shíxiàn gòngxiǎng 。Ālāmùtú 、Sǎmǎěrhǎn 、Chángān děng zhòngzhèn hé Sūěr gǎng Guǎngzhōu děng liánggǎng xīngwàngfādá ，Luómǎ 、ānxī 、Guǐshuāng děng gǔguó xīnxīnxiàngróng ，Zhōngguó Hàn Táng yíng lái le shèngshì 。gǔ SīchóuzhīLù chuàngzào le dìqū dà fāzhǎn dà fánróng 。
On these great thoroughfares the essential factors of production, such as capital, technology, and manpower flowed freely, with sharing of goods, resources and achievements. Important cities such as Almaty, Samarkand and Changan, along with great ports like Sur and Guangzhou flourished, while the Roman, the Arsacid and the Kushan civilisations prospered and China was enjoying the high point of its civilisation in the Han and Tang dynasties. The old Silk Road created great regional development and prosperity.
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