皇城
Huáng chéng
Pinyin

Definition

皇城
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Huáng chéng
  1. Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center

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 (20)

仓皇出逃
cāng huáng chū táo
  1. 1 to run off in a great panic (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
冠冕堂皇
guān miǎn táng huáng
  1. 1 high-sounding
  2. 2 dignified
  3. 3 pompous (idiom)

Sample Sentences

大环境的原因吧。北大就在皇城脚下，复旦嘛，在上海......
dà huánjìng de yuányīn ba 。Běidà jiù zài huángchéng jiǎo xià ，Fùdàn ma ，zài Shànghǎi ......
The reason for that is their locations. Beijing University is at the foot the central government, and Fudan... it's in Shanghai.
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