都城
dū chéng
Pinyin

Definition

都城
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dū chéng
  1. capital city

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

城市
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 CL:座[zuò]
都
Dū
  1. 1 surname Du
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
古城
gǔ chéng
  1. 1 ancient city
商城
Shāng chéng
  1. 1 see 商城縣|商城县[Shāng chéng xiàn]
城
chéng
  1. 1 city walls
  2. 2 city
  3. 3 town
  4. 4 CL:座[zuò],道[dào],個|个[gè]
成都
Chéng dū
  1. 1 Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 in southwest China
攻城
gōng chéng
  1. 1 to besiege (a town)
都市
dū shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 metropolis
长城
Cháng chéng
  1. 1 the Great Wall
韩城
Hán chéng
  1. 1 Hancheng city and county in Shaanxi
首都
shǒu dū
  1. 1 capital (city)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
中国城
Zhōng guó chéng
  1. 1 Chinatown
九龙城
Jiǔ lóng chéng
  1. 1 Kowloon City, Hong Kong
云城
Yún chéng
  1. 1 Yuncheng district of Yunfu city 雲浮市|云浮市[Yún fú shì], Guangdong
交城
Jiāo chéng
  1. 1 Jiaocheng county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lu:3 liáng], Shanxi 山西
京城
jīng chéng
  1. 1 capital of a country
京都
Jīng dū
  1. 1 Kyoto, Japan
京都府
Jīng dū fǔ
  1. 1 Kyōto prefecture in central Japan

Idioms (17)

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
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
手心手背都是肉
shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu
  1. 1 lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to both be of equal importance
  3. 3 to value both equally
攻城略地
gōng chéng lu:è dì
  1. 1 to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
林子大了，什么鸟都有
lín zi dà le , shén me niǎo dōu yǒu
  1. 1 it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
满城风雨
mǎn chéng fēng yǔ
  1. 1 lit. wind and rain through the town (idiom); fig. a big scandal
  2. 2 an uproar
  3. 3 the talk of the town
众志成城
zhòng zhì chéng chéng
  1. 1 unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
背城借一
bèi chéng jiè yī
  1. 1 to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
  2. 2 to put up a desperate struggle
胸有城府
xiōng yǒu chéng fǔ
  1. 1 subtle way of thinking (idiom); hard to fathom
  2. 2 deep and shrewd
胸无城府
xiōng wú chéng fǔ
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
  2. 2 ingenuous
脸都绿了
liǎn dōu lu:4 le
  1. 1 green in the face (idiom)
  2. 2 to look unwell
高城深池
gāo chéng shēn chí
  1. 1 high walls and deep moat (idiom); impenetrable defense
黄花菜都凉了
huáng huā cài dōu liáng le
  1. 1 lit. the dishes are cold (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to arrive late
  3. 3 to take one's sweet time

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