Definition

1. Noun:
   • Barracks and bastions: A collective term for military fortifications, especially from ancient or historical times, encompassing both living quarters for soldiers (barracks) and defensive structures (bastions, ramparts).
   • Stronghold: A figurative meaning referring to a secure center of power, influence, or a firmly held belief or position.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Dinh lũy của quân đội phong kiến thường rất kiên cố. (The feudal army's barracks and bastions were often very solid.)
  • Thành trì đó là một dinh lũy bất khả xâm phạm. (That citadel was an impregnable stronghold.)
  • Họ biến ngôi trường cũ thành dinh lũy của phe nổi dậy. (They turned the old school into a stronghold of the rebels.)

Advanced Usage

• This word is considered literary and somewhat archaic (ít dùng). It is used for historical description or in figurative, often journalistic or political, contexts to evoke a sense of an entrenched, fortified position.

Variants and Related Words

• Thành lũy (n): Ramparts, fortifications; a more common synonym.
• Pháo đài (n): Fortress, fort; specifically a fortified building.
• Căn cứ (n): Base, headquarters; a center of operations.

Synonyms

• Fortress: A large, fortified building or complex.
• Citadel: A fortress protecting or dominating a city.
• Bastion: A projecting part of a fortification; also used figuratively like "stronghold."

Related Idioms

• Dinh lũy kiên cố: An impregnable stronghold (used both literally and figuratively).
  • Lòng tin của họ là một dinh lũy kiên cố. (Their faith is an impregnable stronghold.)

1. (ít dùng) Barracks and bastions (thời xưa; nói khái quát).
2. (bóng) Stronghold