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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
city district / urban area
HSK 6
town / cities and towns
HSK 6
shopping center / department store
HSK 6
city and countryside
HSK 6
unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
HSK 7-9
city wall
HSK 7-9
Great Firewall of China (system for restricting access to foreign websites)
Tucheng city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Echeng district of Ezhou city 鄂州市, Hubei
Shancheng district of Hebi city 鶴壁市|鹤壁市, Henan
county seat; county town
Shuocheng district of Shuozhou city 朔州市, Shanxi
Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
ghost town
Old town district / Gucheng district of Lijiang city 麗江市|丽江市, Yunnan
Wucheng county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch / to put up a desperate struggle
Licheng district of Jinan city 濟南市|济南市, Shandong
Hanseong Special Metropolitan City, old name for Seoul, capital of Korea
Dancheng county in Zhoukou 周口, Henan
Yucheng district of Ya'an city 雅安市, Sichuan
Qaghiliq nahiyisi (Kargilik county) in Kashgar prefecture 喀什地區|喀什地区, west Xinjiang
Nancheng county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
Yuncheng county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
to besiege (a town)
Wucheng county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
Chancheng, a district of Foshan City 佛山市, Guangdong
Gaocheng, a county-level city in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市, Hebei
a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
Dingcheng district of Changde city 常德市, Hunan
Longcheng district of Chaoyang city 朝陽市|朝阳市, Liaoning
village within a city / shantytown / ghetto
Xincheng or Hsincheng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
Zhucheng, a county-level city in Weifang City 濰坊市|潍坊市, Shandong
famous city
Manchester, England / Manchester City football club
Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鍾書|钱钟书, filmed as a TV serial
siege / besieged city
slow-paced town
Toucheng Town in Yilan County 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, Taiwan
Yuecheng mountain range between south Hunan and Guangxi
to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work)
old name for Beijing 北京
inner castle / donjon
castle / rook (chess piece)
Bincheng district of Binzhou city 濱州市|滨州市, Shandong
old city
Penang (Malaysian state)
city gate
Hanseong, former name of Seoul (capital of South Korea), replaced in 2005 with 首爾|首尔
suburbs / outskirts of a city
Yangcheng, a nickname for 廣州|广州
Fangcheng county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳, Henan
square castle / mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square)
moat (surrounding the city wall)
Himeji-jō, castle complex in Himeji, Hyōgo prefecture 兵庫縣|兵库县, Japan
border town / remote town
ancient city
Juancheng county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽, Shandong
the Great Wall
university city
to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
Fucheng district of Mianyang city 綿陽市|绵阳市, north Sichuan
Holy City
Tucheng city in New Taipei City 新北市, Taiwan
Carson City, capital of Nevada
Tongcheng county in Xianning 咸寧|咸宁, Hubei
citadel / defensive city / acropolis
Haicheng, a district of Beihai City 北海市, Guangxi
Chicheng county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
Georgetown University in Washington D.C., famous as quality Jesuit university and for its basketball team
Ningcheng County of Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
Yuecheng district of Shaoxing city 紹興市|绍兴市, Zhejiang

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