虎踞龙盘
like a coiling dragon and crouching tiger—a forbidding strategic point
~今胜昔,天翻地覆慨而慷。(毛泽东诗《人民解放军占领南京》) The City,a tiger crouching,a dragon curling,outshines its ancient glories;In heroic triumph heaven and earth have been overturned.(Mao Zedong’s poem The Capture of Nanjing by People’s Liberation Army)
虎踞龙盘龙盘虎踞hǔ jù lónɡ pán
踞:坐、蹲;盘:盘曲地伏着,环绕。形容地势雄伟险要。a forbidding strategic point, a strong fortisified city, a terrain of strategic importance