人防 (rén fáng) — civil air defense
Definition
Short for 人民防空 — the system of public shelters, sirens, and tunnels built to protect civilians during air attacks. Treat it as a fixed institutional term; do not analyze the characters literally.
noun
civil air defense
Examples
- ，。Měi gè chéng shì dōu yǒu rén fáng gōng chéng, yòng lái bǎo hù shì mín ān quán.Every city has civil air defense projects to protect citizens.
- 人防。Tā men zhèng zài xiū jiàn xīn de rén fáng shè shī.They are building new civil air defense facilities.
- 人防。Zhèng fǔ dìng qī jiǎn chá rén fáng jǐng bào xì tǒng.The government regularly inspects the civil air defense alarm system.
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