安营扎寨 (Chinese PinYin: [ān yínɡ zhā zhài]; traditional Chinese: 安營扎寨) may mean: (1) camp out; (2) pitch a camp; (3) make a stockade; (4) set up a military base. It is a Chinese idiomatic expression that originates from the book “Fighting Across The River (两军师隔江斗智)” with the relevant originate text being: “这周瑜匹夫；累累兴兵来索取俺荆州地面；如今在柴桑渡口安营扎寨；其意非小。” It can be used in formal and written Mandarin Chinese. Some relevant phrases and expressions are: 夜晚安营扎寨 (encamp at night), 在树林中安营扎寨 (camp in the woods).
Literally: 安 (install) + 营 (camp) + 扎 (station) + 寨 (stockade)
1. How to pronounce 安营扎寨?
Chinese Pinyin: [ān yínɡ zhā zhài]
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2. Synonyms And Antonyms of 安营扎寨
Synonyms: 安家落户, 安营下寨, 立足之地, 筑室反耕, 步步为营
Antonyms: 东征西讨, 班师回朝, 萍踪浪迹, 南征北战, 浪迹天涯, 拔寨起营, 东奔西走,
3. What are the fixed expression, collocation and idioms that contains 安营扎寨
Fixed expression: N/A
Collocation: 夜晚安营扎寨 (encamp at night), 在树林中安营扎寨 (camp in the woods)
Idioms: 安营扎寨
4. How to use 安营扎寨 in a sentence?
Below are some example sentences and quotes containing 安营扎寨.
4.1 战士们在森林边安营扎寨。
Translation: The soldiers are encamped on the edge of the forest.
4.2 他一直没能够夺回失去的阵地，不过接下来的五个月里她们一直在他的卧室里安营扎寨。
Translation: He was never able to regain the ground he lost, however, and for five months they encamped in his bedroom.
4.3 抗议者会在外面安营扎寨。
Translation: The protesters will stay and camp out.
4.4 逃离军队镇压的数千名叙利亚人在这里安营扎寨，以为他们可以受到边境另一边的土耳其军事基地的保护。
Translation: Thousands of Syrians fleeing from their own army have camped out there, assuming they were protected by the Turkish military bases across the border.
4.5 我本以为这个公园就在华尔街某个路口尽头，然后抗议者就在公园里大肆安营扎寨，到处扔垃圾，搞得一团乱。
Translation: I assumed the protesters were camped out at a park somewhere at the end of Wall Street, throwing around garbage and creating a mess.
4.6 他们在树林中安营扎寨。
Translation: They camped in the woods.
4.7 前几天，州政府白天下令要在抗议者安营扎寨的立法广场实行宵禁。
Translation: Earlier in the day the state had imposed a curfew on Legislative Plaza, where the protesters had been camping.
4.8 西米恩部落会在他们旁边安营扎寨
Translation: The tribe of Simeon will camp next to them.
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