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長城

简长城 · 繁長城

Mandarin · pinyin Cháng chéng

the Great Wall

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長: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader; Kangxi radical 168
城: chéng · castle; city, town; municipality
长: zhǎng · long; length; excel in; leader

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2–2 · Chang2 cheng2

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name

synonym of 萬里長城 /万里长城 (Wànlǐ Chángchéng, “Great Wall of China”)
(～區) (historical) Changcheng (a former district of Jiayuguan, Gansu, China)

noun

(figurative) insurmountable barrier or invincible power; wall of steel

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