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  *城* | 城* | *城
city walls / city / town / CL: , , 個|个
HSK 3
the Great Wall
HSK 3
shopping center / department store
HSK 6
unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
HSK 7-9
Yancheng district of Luohe city 漯河市, Henan
Phoenix, capital of Arizona / also 菲尼克斯
alternative name for Shanghai 上海 / alternative name for Xinyang City, Henan 信陽市|信阳市
famous city
(Tw) Cannes, France
Rucheng county in Chenzhou 郴州, Hunan
whole city
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / abbr. for 費拉德爾菲亞|费拉德尔菲亚
Fangcheng county in Nanyang 南陽|南阳, Henan
square castle / mahjong layout (with the tiles laid out as a square)
Ningcheng County of Chifeng 赤峰, Inner Mongolia
ancient city
Tancheng county in Linyi 臨沂|临沂, Shandong
Wucheng county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
nickname for Chengdu 成都
to recover some lost ground (in a competition)
Xincheng or Hsincheng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县, east Taiwan
semicircular defensive enclosure around city gates / crescent-shaped barbican
Wancheng district of Nanyang city 南陽|南阳, Henan
to massacre everyone in a captured city
capital of prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) / prefectural seat
capital of a country
Christchurch (New Zealand city)
Manchester, England / Manchester City football club
Jiaocheng county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁, Shanxi 山西
Shancheng district of Hebi city 鶴壁市|鹤壁市, Henan
Oklahoma City
Longcheng district of Chaoyang city 朝陽市|朝阳市, Liaoning
Penang (Malaysian state)
county seat; county town
Fucheng county in Hengshui 衡水, Hebei
Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鍾書|钱钟书, filmed as a TV serial
siege / besieged city
to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work)
coming from everywhere / from all over the place / gorgeous (of woman) / to ruin and overturn the state
Kowloon City, Hong Kong
Mexico City, capital of Mexico
capital city
ghost town
the Forbidden City / the Imperial Palace in Beijing / same as 故宮|故宫
to lock down a city
Shicheng county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州, Jiangxi
the Great Wall
lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful / also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国
invaluable / priceless
casino town / nickname for Las Vegas
inner castle / donjon
Ibaraki prefecture in northeast Japan
border town / remote town
Vatican City, capital of Holy See
Panama City
"satellite" town / edge city / exurb
Imperial City, inner part of Beijing, with the Forbidden City at its center
Lincheng county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
Kuancheng district of Changchun city 長春市|长春市, Jilin / Kuancheng Manchu autonomous county in Chengde 承德, Hebei
enceinte of a city gate / barbican entrance to a city
Dancheng county in Zhoukou 周口, Henan
Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone (Tw)
Lae, second-largest city in Papua New Guinea, capital of Morobe Province
to besiege (a town)
provincial capital
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)
Kecheng district of Quzhou city 衢州市, Zhejiang
Yangcheng county in Jincheng 晉城|晋城, Shanxi
Yicheng district of Zaozhuang city 棗莊市|枣庄市, Shandong
Yuecheng district of Shaoxing city 紹興市|绍兴市, Zhejiang
citadel / defensive city / acropolis
Hecheng district of Huaihua city 懷化市|怀化市, Hunan
a second wall built around a city wall
Nancheng county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
old city

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