凤凰古城
Fèng huáng Gǔ chéng
Pinyin

Definition

凤凰古城
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Fèng huáng Gǔ chéng
  1. Fenghuang Ancient Town, in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan, added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2008 in the Cultural category

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

古
Gǔ
  1. 1 surname Gu
城
chéng
  1. 1 city walls
  2. 2 city
  3. 3 town
  4. 4 CL:座[zuò],道[dào],個|个[gè]
城市
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 CL:座[zuò]
亘古
gèn gǔ
  1. 1 throughout time
  2. 2 from ancient times (up to the present)
京城
jīng chéng
  1. 1 capital of a country
倾城
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
内蒙古
Nèi měng gǔ
  1. 1 Inner Mongolia
  2. 2 abbr. for 內蒙古自治區|内蒙古自治区[Nèi měng gǔ Zì zhì qū], Inner Mongolia autonomous region
全城
quán chéng
  1. 1 whole city
千古
qiān gǔ
  1. 1 for all eternity
  2. 2 throughout all ages
南城
Nán chéng
  1. 1 Nancheng county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
古人
gǔ rén
  1. 1 people from ancient times
  2. 2 the ancients
  3. 3 the late (i.e. person who has passed away)
古今
gǔ jīn
  1. 1 then and now
  2. 2 ancient and modern
古代
gǔ dài
  1. 1 ancient times
  2. 2 olden times
古典
gǔ diǎn
  1. 1 classical
古城
gǔ chéng
  1. 1 ancient city
古巴
Gǔ bā
  1. 1 Cuba
古怪
gǔ guài
  1. 1 eccentric
  2. 2 grotesque
  3. 3 oddly
  4. 4 queer
古时
gǔ shí
  1. 1 antiquity
古时候
gǔ shí hou
  1. 1 in ancient times
  2. 2 in olden days
古朴
gǔ pǔ
  1. 1 simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)

Idioms (20)

一失足成千古恨
yī shī zú chéng qiān gǔ hèn
  1. 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
亘古不变
gèn gǔ bù biàn
  1. 1 unchanging since times immemorial (idiom)
  2. 2 unalterable
  3. 3 unvarying
  4. 4 monotonous
人心不古
rén xīn bù gǔ
  1. 1 the men of today are sadly degenerated (idiom)
借古讽今
jiè gǔ fěng jīn
  1. 1 to use the past to disparage the present (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
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
  1. 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
前不见古人，后不见来者
qián bù jiàn gǔ rén , hòu bù jiàn lái zhě
  1. 1 unique
  2. 2 unprecedented (idiom)
千古罪人
qiān gǔ zuì rén
  1. 1 sb condemned by history (idiom)
千古遗恨
qiān gǔ yí hèn
  1. 1 to have eternal regrets (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
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
彪炳千古
biāo bǐng qiān gǔ
  1. 1 to shine through the ages (idiom)
攻城略地
gōng chéng lu:è dì
  1. 1 to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
旷古未有
kuàng gǔ wèi yǒu
  1. 1 never before in the whole of history (idiom)
  2. 2 unprecedented
旷古未闻
kuàng gǔ wèi wén
  1. 1 never before in the whole of history (idiom)
  2. 2 unprecedented
  3. 3 also written 曠古未有|旷古未有
替古人担忧
tì gǔ rén dān yōu
  1. 1 to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
  2. 2 crying over spilt milk
  3. 3 often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues

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