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大沽炮台

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4-character word Traditional 大沽砲臺

What 大沽炮台 means

1. Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back to the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)

The characters in 大沽炮台

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 沽gūto buy; to sell
• 炮pàocannon; firecracker
• 台tái(classical) you (in letters); variant of 台