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city; town / CL:
HSK 3
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  *城* | 城* | *城
city walls / city / town / CL: , , 個|个
HSK 3
the Great Wall
HSK 3
Gongqingcheng, a county-level city in Jiujiang City 九江市, Jiangxi
Lucheng, a district of Changzhi City 長治市|长治市, Shanxi
Lingcheng, a district of Dezhou City 德州市, Shandong
Gangcheng, a district of Jinan City 濟南市|济南市, Shandong
the Forbidden City / the Imperial Palace in Beijing / same as 故宮|故宫
"satellite" town / edge city / exurb
city and countryside
HSK 6
Chinatown
subprovincial city (having independent economic status within a province)
Shing Wong (deity in Chinese mythology)
Yuncheng, a county in Heze City 菏澤市|菏泽市, Shandong
Qiaocheng, a district of Bozhou City 亳州市, Anhui
unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
HSK 7-9
Shuangcheng, a district of Harbin City 哈爾濱市|哈尔滨市, Heilongjiang
city district / urban area
HSK 6
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
shopping center / department store
HSK 6
city defense
lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
(slang) (jocular) "city bumpkin", city person lacking basic rural or natural-world knowledge (play on 鄉巴佬|乡巴佬)
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)
town / cities and towns
HSK 6
town planning
lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
ancient city
Mexico City, capital of Mexico
Jiangcheng, a district of Yangjiang City 陽江市|阳江市, Guangdong
Manchester, England / Manchester City football club
area outside a city gate
castle / rook (chess piece)
Fangcheng, a district of Fangchenggang City 防城港市, Guangxi
(literary) towns / cities
casino town / nickname for Las Vegas
border town / remote town
Zengcheng, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
Tongcheng, a county in Xianning City 咸寧市|咸宁市, Hubei
urbanization level (of a city or town)
ghost town
Shucheng, a county in Lu'an City 六安市, Anhui
city wall
HSK 7-9
Chengguan, a district of Lanzhou City 蘭州市|兰州市, Gansu / Chengguan, a district of Lhasa City 拉薩市|拉萨市, Tibet
Bincheng, a district of Binzhou City 濱州市|滨州市, Shandong
to besiege (a town)
Rencheng, a district of Jining City 濟寧市|济宁市, Shandong
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
sustainable city
Fengcheng, a county-level city in Dandong City 丹東市|丹东市, Liaoning
urbanization
whole city
National Intercity Games, Chinese athletics competition, organized every four years since 1988
to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work)
Rongcheng, a district of Jieyang City 揭陽市|揭阳市, Guangdong
soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
PRC Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD)
village within a city / shantytown / ghetto
outside of a city
Christchurch (New Zealand city)
port city
Jiaocheng, a district of Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市, Fujian
Kaesong or Gaeseong city in southwest North Korea, close to the border with South Korea and a special economic zone for South Korean companies
Carson City, capital of Nevada
(Tw) Cannes, France
Xincheng, a county in Laibin City 來賓市|来宾市, Guangxi
rapid transit system / urban railway
Kecheng, a district of Quzhou City 衢州市, Zhejiang
impregnable fortress
Chengcheng, a county in Weinan City 渭南市, Shaanxi

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