城镇 (城鎮)
chéng zhèn
Pinyin
Definition
城镇 (城鎮)
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- town
- cities and towns
Character Decomposition
Idioms (13)
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
唱空城计
- 1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
- 2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
- 3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
- 4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
围城打援
- 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
下面请听本地新闻:本市将调整各类社会救助标准的数额。城镇居民最低生活保障标准将从每人每月505元调整为每人每月570元;农村居民最低生活保障标准从每人每月360元调整为每人每月430元……
And now, the local news: The city will soon adjust the standard amounts of social assistance. Urban residents' minimum living standard will be adjusted from 505 yuan per person per month to 570 yuan per person per month; residents in the countryside will have the minimum living standard adjusted from 360 yuan per person per month to 430 yuan per person per month.