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city; town / CL:
HSK 3
the Great Wall
HSK 3
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  *城* | 城* | *城
city walls / city / town / CL: , , 個|个
HSK 3
town / cities and towns
HSK 6
city and countryside
HSK 6
city district / urban area
HSK 6
unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
HSK 7-9
the Forbidden City / the Imperial Palace in Beijing / same as 故宮|故宫
Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology)
Echeng, a district of Ezhou City 鄂州市, Hubei
Linyi county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
Ciudad Real
Lingcuan county in Jincheng 晉城|晋城, Shanxi
lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom) / fig. a big scandal / an uproar / the talk of the town
the Great Wall
city wall
HSK 7-9
Jincheng (common place name) / Chincheng town in Kinmen County 金門縣|金门县 (Kinmen or Quemoy islands), Taiwan
capital of a country
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch / to put up a desperate struggle
major city; metropolis
the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush); double bluff
watchtower on either side of a city gate / (literary) city / imperial palace
shopping center / department store
HSK 6
urbanization
rapid transit system / urban railway
city defense
local government bylaw enforcement officer / city management (abbr. for 城市管理行政執法局|城市管理行政执法局)
Xiangcheng county (Tibetan: phyag 'phreng rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Chinatown
Fenghuang Ancient Town, in Fenghuang County, Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan, added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2008 in the Cultural category
Xia county in Yuncheng 運城|运城, Shanxi
Shangcheng district of Hangzhou city 杭州市, Zhejiang
subprovincial city (having independent economic status within a province)
county seat; county town
to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work)
ancient city
Phoenix, capital of Arizona / also 菲尼克斯
Cheng District or Chengqu, a district of Shanwei City 汕尾市, Guangdong
fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
Mexico City, capital of Mexico
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
city gate
city dweller; townspeople
Manchester, England / Manchester City football club
PRC Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) (abbr. for 住房和城鄉建設部|住房和城乡建设部)
tourist city
the five ranges separating Hunan and Jiangxi from south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi, namely: Dayu 大庾嶺|大庾岭, Dupang 都龐嶺|都庞岭, Qitian 騎田嶺|骑田岭, Mengzhu 萌渚嶺|萌渚岭 and Yuecheng 越城嶺|越城岭
castle / rook (chess piece)
Wangcheng, a district of Changsha City 長沙市|长沙市, Hunan
the Internet outside the GFW 防火長城|防火长城
Dacheng County in Langfang 廊坊, Hebei / Dacheng or Tacheng Township in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan
Castlevania (video game series)
open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything / ingenuous
Sendai, capital of Miyagi prefecture 宮城縣|宫城县 in northeast Japan
Luancheng, a district of Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市, Hebei
(literary) towns / cities
Wusu city in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区, Xinjiang
Dongcheng, a district of central Beijing
Chenggu County in Hanzhong 漢中|汉中, Shaanxi
Lijiang old town (in Yunnan)
Georgetown / (the spelling 喬治敦|乔治敦 is more common)
Lincheng, a county in Xingtai City 邢臺市|邢台市, Hebei
Xicheng, a district of central Beijing
subsistence allowance / welfare (abbr. for 城市居民最低生活保障)
Kowloon Walled City
Jiaocheng county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
town planning
university city
Tongcheng, a county in Xianning City 咸寧市|咸宁市, Hubei
ghost town
city gate tower
Weicheng District in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市, Shaanxi
Shawan district of Leshan city 樂山市|乐山市, Sichuan / Shawan county or Saven nahisi in Tacheng prefecture 塔城地區|塔城地区, Xinjiang
the Acropolis (Athens)
to besiege (a town)
Xincheng, a district of Hohhot City 呼和浩特市, Inner Mongolia / Xincheng, a district of Xi'an City 西安市, Shaanxi
casino town / nickname for Las Vegas
Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
"satellite" town / edge city / exurb
Rongcheng, a county in Baoding City 保定市, Hebei
whole city
coming from everywhere / from all over the place / gorgeous (of woman) / to ruin and overturn the state
Chengzhong, a district of Liuzhou City 柳州市, Guangxi / Chengzhong, a district of Xining City 西寧市|西宁市, Qinghai
moat (surrounding the city wall)
Nancheng, a county in Fuzhou City 撫州市|抚州市, Jiangxi
encircling the city (of walls, ring road etc) / around the city
Juancheng county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
Qian Zhongshu (1910–1998), Chinese scholar and writer, author of the 1947 novel Fortress Beseiged 圍城|围城
National Intercity Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988
village within a city / shantytown / ghetto
outside of a city

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