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Here is the Chinese idiom 「高城深池」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Pond: moat. The city walls are high and the moat is deep. Describes a strong defense.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

gāo chéng shēn chí

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gou1 sing4 sam1 chi4

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