月城
yuè chéng
Pinyin

Definition

月城
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yuè chéng
  1. semicircular defensive enclosure around city gates
  2. crescent-shaped barbican

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

chéng
  1. 1 city walls
  2. 2 city
  3. 3 town
  4. 4 CL:座[zuò],道[dào],個|个[gè]
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 CL:座[zuò]
yuè
  1. 1 moon
  2. 2 month
  3. 3 monthly
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],輪|轮[lún]
suì yuè
  1. 1 years
  2. 2 time
Yī yuè
  1. 1 January
  2. 2 first month (of the lunar year)
Qī yuè
  1. 1 July
  2. 2 seventh month (of the lunar year)
Sān yuè
  1. 1 March
  2. 2 third month (of the lunar year)
Jiǔ yuè
  1. 1 September
  2. 2 ninth month (of the lunar year)
Èr yuè
  1. 1 February
  2. 2 second month (of the lunar year)
Wǔ yuè
  1. 1 May
  2. 2 fifth month (of the lunar year)
jīng chéng
  1. 1 capital of a country
qīng chéng
  1. 1 coming from everywhere
  2. 2 from all over the place
  3. 3 gorgeous (of woman)
  4. 4 to ruin and overturn the state
Yuán yuè
  1. 1 first month (of either lunar or Western calendars)
quán chéng
  1. 1 whole city
Bā yuè
  1. 1 August
  2. 2 eighth month (of the lunar year)
Liù yuè
  1. 1 June
  2. 2 sixth month (of the lunar year)
Shí èr yuè
  1. 1 December
  2. 2 twelfth month (of the lunar year)
Shí yuè
  1. 1 October
  2. 2 tenth month (of the lunar year)
gǔ chéng
  1. 1 ancient city
Shāng chéng
  1. 1 see 商城縣|商城县[Shāng chéng xiàn]

Idioms (20)

九天揽月
jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè
  1. 1 to reach for the stars (idiom)
倚栏望月
yǐ lán wàng yuè
  1. 1 to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
倾国倾城
qīng guó qīng chéng
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
  3. 3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]
倾城倾国
qīng chéng qīng guó
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
光风霁月
guāng fēng jì yuè
  1. 1 lit. light breeze and clear moon (idiom)
  2. 2 period of peace and prosperity
  3. 3 noble and benevolent character
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
  1. 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
冰壶秋月
bīng hú qiū yuè
  1. 1 jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure
  2. 2 flawless person
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
  1. 1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
  3. 3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
  4. 4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
围城打援
wéi chéng dǎ yuán
  1. 1 to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
城门失火,殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
成年累月
chéng nián lěi yuè
  1. 1 year in, year out (idiom)
攻城略地
gōng chéng lu:è dì
  1. 1 to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
日新月异
rì xīn yuè yì
  1. 1 daily renewal, monthly change (idiom)
  2. 2 every day sees new developments
  3. 3 rapid progress
日月如梭
rì yuè rú suō
  1. 1 the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!
旬输月送
xún shū yuè sòng
  1. 1 pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands
月下花前
yuè xià huā qián
  1. 1 lit. amidst the flowers under the moonlight (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. romantic surroundings
岁月如梭
suì yuè rú suō
  1. 1 time flies (idiom)
岁月流逝
suì yuè liú shì
  1. 1 as time goes by (idiom)
水中捞月
shuǐ zhōng lāo yuè
  1. 1 lit. to scoop the moon out of the water (idiom)
  2. 2 a hopeless endeavor
流星赶月
liú xīng gǎn yuè
  1. 1 lit. a meteor catching up with the moon
  2. 2 swift action (idiom)

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