外郭城

Mandarin · pinyin wài guō chéng

Meanings

  1. outer city wall
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外
wài · out, outside, external; foreign
郭
guō · outer part (of a city); surname
城
chéng · castle; city, town; municipality
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4–1–2 · wai4 guo1 cheng2

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