重镇

Traditional form:

重鎮

Pinyin (reading):

zhòngzhèn

Definitions:

• (military) strategic town
• (fig.) major center (for commerce, culture or tourism etc)

Characters:

• 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
• 镇 - calm, composed; to control, to suppress

Traditional characters:

• 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
• 鎮 - calm, composed; to control, to suppress