層層設防

Chinese

		layer upon layer; level by level; multi-layered	to set up defenses; to fortify; to garrison to set up defenses; to fortify; to garrison; to be wary; to guard against
trad. (層層設防)		層層	設防
simp. (层层设防)		层层	设防

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): céngcéngshèfáng

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄥˊ ㄘㄥˊ ㄕㄜˋ ㄈㄤˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: céngcéngshèfáng
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄥˊ ㄘㄥˊ ㄕㄜˋ ㄈㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: céngcéngshèfáng
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻêng²-tsʻêng²-shê⁴-fang²
    • Yale: tséng-tséng-shè-fáng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tserngtserngshehfarng
    • Palladius: цэнцэншэфан (cɛncɛnšɛfan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵ t͡sʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹ fɑŋ³⁵/

Idiom

層層設防

1. to set up successive lines of defense

   • 這就是大規模的運動戰，而不是深溝高壘、層層設防、專靠防禦工事的陣地戰。 [MSC, trad.]
     这就是大规模的运动战，而不是深沟高垒、层层设防、专靠防御工事的阵地战。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhè jiù shì dàguīmó de yùndòngzhàn, ér bù shì shēngōugāolěi, céngcéngshèfáng, zhuān kào fángyù gōngshì de zhèndìzhàn. [Pinyin]

     This means large-scale mobile warfare, and not positional warfare depending exclusively on defence works with deep trenches, high fortresses and successive rows of defensive positions.