源城
Yuán chéng
Pinyin

Definition

源城
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Yuán chéng
  1. Yuancheng district of Heyuan city 河源市[Hé yuán shì], Guangdong

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]
cái yuán
  1. 1 financial resources
  2. 2 source of revenue
Zī yuán
  1. 1 Ziyuan county in Guilin 桂林[Guì lín], Guangxi
jīng chéng
  1. 1 capital of a country
lái yuán
  1. 1 source (of information etc)
  2. 2 origin
lái yuán yú
  1. 1 to originate in
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
quán chéng
  1. 1 whole city
Nán chéng
  1. 1 Nancheng county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
gǔ chéng
  1. 1 ancient city
Shāng chéng
  1. 1 see 商城縣|商城县[Shāng chéng xiàn]
Wéi chéng
  1. 1 Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鐘書|钱钟书, filmed as a TV serial
chéng qū
  1. 1 city district
  2. 2 urban area
chéng bǎo
  1. 1 castle
  2. 2 rook (chess piece)
chéng fǔ
  1. 1 subtle
  2. 2 shrewd
  3. 3 sophisticated
chéng qiáng
  1. 1 city wall
chéng guǎn
  1. 1 local government bylaw enforcement officer
  2. 2 city management (abbr. for 城市管理行政執法局|城市管理行政执法局[Chéng shì Guǎn lǐ Xíng zhèng Zhí fǎ jú])
chéng xiāng
  1. 1 city and countryside
chéng zhèn
  1. 1 town
  2. 2 cities and towns

Idioms (20)

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
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
  1. 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
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
左右逢源
zuǒ yòu féng yuán
  1. 1 lit. to strike water right and left (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn everything into gold
  3. 3 to have everything going one's way
  4. 4 to benefit from both sides
攻城略地
gōng chéng lu:è dì
  1. 1 to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
源源不断
yuán yuán bù duàn
  1. 1 a steady flow (idiom); an unending stream
源远流长
yuán yuǎn liú cháng
  1. 1 lit. source is distant and the flow is long (idiom); fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past
  2. 2 a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then
满城风雨
mǎn chéng fēng yǔ
  1. 1 lit. wind and rain through the town (idiom); fig. a big scandal
  2. 2 an uproar
  3. 3 the talk of the town
众志成城
zhòng zhì chéng chéng
  1. 1 unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
究其根源
jiū qí gēn yuán
  1. 1 to trace something to its source (idiom)
背城借一
bèi chéng jiè yī
  1. 1 to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
  2. 2 to put up a desperate struggle
胸有城府
xiōng yǒu chéng fǔ
  1. 1 subtle way of thinking (idiom); hard to fathom
  2. 2 deep and shrewd
胸无城府
xiōng wú chéng fǔ
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
  2. 2 ingenuous
药食同源
yào shí tóng yuán
  1. 1 lit. food and medicine come from the same source (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there is no clear-cut distinction between food and medicine
财源滚滚
cái yuán gǔn gǔn
  1. 1 profits pouring in from all sides (idiom)
  2. 2 raking in money
  3. 3 bonanza
开源节流
kāi yuán jié liú
  1. 1 lit. to open a water source and reduce outflow (idiom); to increase income and save on spending
  2. 2 to broaden the sources of income and economize on expenditure
饮水思源
yǐn shuǐ sī yuán
  1. 1 lit. when you drink water, think of its source (idiom); gratitude for blessings and their well-spring
  2. 2 Don't forget where your happiness come from.
  3. 3 Be grateful for all your blessings!

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