眷村

Traditional form:

眷村

Pinyin (reading):

juàncūn

Definitions:

• military dependents' village (community established in Taiwan for Nationalist soldiers and their dependents after the KMT retreated from the mainland in 1949)

Characters:

• 眷 - to take an interest in; to care for
• 村 - village, hamlet; vulgar, uncouth

Traditional characters:

• 眷 - to take an interest in; to care for
• 村 - village, hamlet; vulgar, uncouth