长城 (長城)
Cháng chéng
Pinyin

Definition

长城 (長城)
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Cháng chéng
  1. the Great Wall

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

多了。北京的长城、故宫、颐和园。
duō le 。Běijīng de Chángchéng 、Gùgōng 、Yíhéyuán 。
There are a lot. In Beijing there is the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace.
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历史之父”希罗多德说是百万奴隶辛勤劳作30年的结果，大概跟我们修长城一样。金字塔还有很多神秘之处，什么地球和太阳的距离啊，建造的位置和角度啊，古埃及的建筑水平，真是不可思议！
lìshǐzhīfù ”Xīluóduōdé shuō shì bǎiwàn núlì xīnqín láozuò sānshí nián de jiéguǒ ，dàgài gēn wǒmen xiū chángchéng yíyàng 。jīnzìtǎ hái yǒu hěn duō shénmì zhīchù ，shénme dìqiú hé tàiyáng de jùlí a ，jiànzào de wèizhi hé jiǎodù a ，gǔ Āijí de jiànzhù shuǐpíng ，zhēnshì bùkěsīyì ！
Herodotus, ''the Father of History," says that it was the back-breaking work of a million slaves over a span of thirty years. That's about the same as our construction of the Great Wall of China.
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很可惜这么伟大的文明有过中断，现在只留下些陵墓和木乃伊。我们华夏文明虽然开始得晚些，但是很完整。就说长城吧，是在宇宙中唯一可以看到的地球上的建筑。
hěn kěxī zhème wěidà de wénmíng yǒuguò zhōngduàn ，xiànzài zhǐ liúxià xiē língmù hé mùnǎiyī 。wǒmen huáxiàwénmíng suīrán kāishǐ de wǎn xiē ，dànshì hěn wánzhěng 。jiù shuō Chángchéng ba ，shì zài yǔzhòu zhōng wéiyī kěyǐ kàndào de dìqiúshàng de jiànzhù 。
What a shame that such a magnificent civilization broke off. The only things left now are tombs and mummies. Although Chinese civilization started a bit later, it was very complete. Let's just talk about the Great Wall. It's the only man-made structure on earth visible from outer space.
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哈哈！也不害臊，你要是“北境守护者”，你的子民天天哭，都能把长城哭倒，还用得著异鬼吗？
hāhā ！yě bù hàisào ，nǐ yào shì “běijìng shǒuhùzhě ”，nǐ de zǐmín tiāntiān kū ，dōu néng bǎ chángchéng kū dào ，hái yòng de zháo yìguǐ ma ？
Ha ha! You have no shame! If you were the Warden of the North, your people would cry so much that their constant wailing would shatter the wall. There wouldn't even be any need for the white walkers.
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长城
chángchéng
Great Wall
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长城是世界著名建筑之一。
chángchéng shì shìjiè zhùmíng jiànzhù zhīyī 。
The Great Wall is one of the famous constructions in the world.
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长城，大的建筑
chángchéng ，dà de jiànzhù
The great wall, a big building
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我表哥下周要来中国玩，他一直都想去长城。
wǒ biǎogē xiàzhōu yào lái Zhōngguó wánr ，tā yīzhí dōu xiǎng qù Chángchéng 。
My cousin is coming to China to visit next week. He's always wanted to go to the Great Wall.
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那是，不到长城非好汉嘛！
nà shì ，bù dào Chángchéng fēi hǎohàn ma ！
Naturally. You're not a real man until you've climbed the Great Wall!
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网上说，现在长城已经建好了电梯。
wǎngshàng shuō ，xiànzài Chángchéng yǐjīng jiàn hǎo le diàntī 。
It says online that they've already built an elevator at the Great Wall.
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