山さん塞さい

noun

mountain stronghold; bandit den

Refers to a fortified place in the mountains, often associated with bandits or rebels. Sense 2 is a specific use for a bandit hideout.

• その山さん塞さいは険けわしい崖がけの上うえに築きずかれていた。

  The mountain stronghold was built on a steep cliff.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、山さん塞さいにこもる盗とう賊ぞくがよく登とう場じょうする。

  In period dramas, bandits holed up in a mountain den often appear.

noun-modifying (irregular), noun

knock-off; counterfeit; shanzhai

Only when written 山寨

Internet slang, originally from Chinese 山寨 (shānzhài). Refers to cheap imitation goods, especially electronics. Often used attributively.

• あのサイトで売うっているスマホは山さん寨さい品ひんが多おおいらしい。

  I hear many of the smartphones sold on that site are knock-offs.

• 山さん寨さいメーカーが作つくったタブレットは安やすいが品ひん質しつが不ふ安あん定ていだ。

  Tablets made by shanzhai manufacturers are cheap but have inconsistent quality.