Definition
金汤 is a literary term short for 金城汤池 (a city wall of metal and a moat of boiling water), meaning an impregnable fortress or stronghold. You'll encounter it in historical, military, or figurative contexts to describe something unbreachable. It is a noun and often appears as the object of verbs like 成为 (become) or 依靠 (rely on).
n.
impregnable fortress
Examples
- 金汤，。Zhè zuò bǎolěi zhēn shì jīn shāng, dírén gōng bù jìnlái.This fortress is truly an impregnable stronghold; the enemy cannot break in.
- ，金汤。Lìshǐ shàng, zhè zuò jīn shāng cóngwèi bèi gōngpò.Historically, this impregnable fortress was never breached.
- 金汤，。Tāmen yīkào zhè dào jīn shāng, jiānshǒu le sān gè yuè.They relied on this impregnable fortress and held out for three months.
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