城根
chéng gēn
Pinyin
Definition
城根
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- sections of a city close to the city wall
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 capital of a country
- 1 coming from everywhere
- 2 from all over the place
- 3 gorgeous (of woman)
- 4 to ruin and overturn the state
Idioms (20)
倾国倾城
- 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
- 3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]
倾城倾国
- 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
兵临城下
- 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
刨根问底
- 1 to dig up roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
剪草除根
- 1 lit. cut grass and pull out roots (idiom); fig. to destroy root and branch
- 2 to eradicate