trọng trấn

Một vị tướng trấn giữ trọng trấn ở vùng biên giới.

Definition

1. Verb:

   • To garrison a strategically important area: The act of stationing troops or establishing military control over a key, vital location for defense or security purposes.

2. Noun:

   • A strategically important town/area: A locality, often a town or district, that holds critical military, political, or economic importance.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nhà vua cử tướng tài đi trọng trấn vùng biên ải. (The king sent a talented general to garrison the strategically important border region.)
• Noun:
  • Thành phố cảng này từng là một trọng trấn của cả nước. (This port city was once a strategically important town for the whole country.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily used in historical, military, or formal administrative contexts to describe the defense or significance of a region, especially in pre-modern or feudal settings.

Variants and Related Words

• Trấn (v/n): to pacify, to govern a region; a district or garrisoned area.
• Trấn giữ (v): to guard, to defend (a place).
• Trấn áp (v): to suppress, to quell.

Synonyms

• Garrison (verb): to station troops in a place to defend it.
• Stronghold (noun): a place of strategic importance, often fortified.
• Key position (noun): a place of critical importance.

Related Idioms

• : A phrase meaning "a vital strategic throat" or a critically important choke point.
  • Vùng đèo này là nơi yết hầu trọng trấn, không thể để thất thủ. (This mountain pass is a vital strategic choke point and must not be lost.)