出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第237页(230字)
形容地势险要雄壮,例南京背负钟山,面临长江,形势险要,历代称之为龙盘虎踞之地。
The city of Nanjing faces the Yang Zi River and backs on to Mount Zhong Shan.It has always been regarded as a strategically important place.