大沽炮台
大沽炮台
Dà gū pào tái
Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
Traditional: 大沽砲臺
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- Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
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大沽口炮台(Dà gū kǒu pào tái)— Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)
→九鼎(Jiǔ Dǐng)— the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
→古琴(gǔ qín)— guqin, a long zither with 5 or 7 strings, plucked with a plectrum
→以其人之道，还治其人之身(yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn)— to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
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