县城 (縣城)
xiàn chéng
Pinyin

Definition

县城 (縣城)
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xiàn chéng
  1. county seat
  2. county town

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

城
chéng
  1. 1 city walls
  2. 2 city
  3. 3 town
  4. 4 classifier: 座 zuò
  5. 5 classifier: 道 dào
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
城市
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 classifier: 座 zuò
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
全城
quán chéng
  1. 1 whole city

Idioms (13)

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

Sample Sentences

一半的县城已经被淹，许多民房泡在水中。到目前为止统计的遇难人数是65人，预计5万人受灾。
yībàn de xiànchéng yǐjīng bèi yān ，xǔduō mínfáng pào zài shuǐzhōng 。dào mùqián wéizhǐ tǒngjì de yùnàn rénshù shì liùshíwǔ rén ，yùjì wǔwàn rén shòuzāi 。
Half of the town has already been flooded and many people's homes are immersed in water. As of now the number of people killed is at 65 and it's estimated that 50,000 people have been affected by the disaster.
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