pitch camp(ān yíng zhā zhài)

pitch camp

Camping, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ā NY í ngzh ā zh à I, which used to mean that when the army went to a place, it had to set up tents and fences in the field. It refers to troops and groups stationed and settled in one place. It's from "two military divisions fighting for wisdom across the river.".

The origin of Idioms

The second part of Yuan Wu Mingshi's "two military divisions fighting against each other across the river" says: "this Zhou Yupi, who has been fighting for the ground in Jingzhou, now has set up camp at Chaisang ferry, which means a lot.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] settle down, camp step by step, have a foothold

Idiom usage

The army is stationed or a temporary construction base is established. examples we talked about where to advance, where to retreat, where to ~, where to ambush. (Chapter 14 (Cao Cao) of Li Baojia's the appearance of officialdom in Qing Dynasty). (Chapter 11 of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty)

Chinese PinYin : ān yíng zhā zhài