长城 (長城) chángchéng
chángchéng
proper noun
Great Wall
Domain: History 历史
, Concept: Historical Sites and Scenic Places 名胜古迹
Notes: The Great Wall is series of fortifications protecting the historic northern border of China, also known as 萬里長城, literally, 'Ten Thousdand Li Great Wall'. By analogy, 长城 may also refer to a pillar of the nation or something of great power and position (Giles 1892 '長'; Guoyu '長城'; Mathews 1931 '長城', p. 23; Wikipedia '長城').
Contained in
- 万里长城(萬里長城) the Great Wall
- 筑长城(築長城) built the Great Wall
- 不到长城非好汉(不到長城非好漢) we are not heroes unless we reach the Great Wall
- 码长城(碼長城) to play mahjong
- 砌长城(砌長城) to play mahjong
Also contained in
长城战役 、 长城饭店 、 中国长城工业公司 、 防火长城 、 长城抗战
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 11
- 卷30 志第25 地理中 Volume 30 Treatises 25: Geography 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 9
- 卷九 陳本紀上第九 武帝 文帝 廢帝 Volume 9 Chen Annals 1: Emperor Wu, Emperor Wen, Deposed Emperor History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 8
- 第一百十二回 Chapter 112 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 7
- 《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 6
- 卷二十七 Scroll 27 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
- 卷一 本紀第一: 高祖上 Volume 1: Emperor Wu 1 Book of Chen 陳書 — count: 6
- 卷十一 隋本紀上第十一: 高祖文帝 Volume 11 Sui Annals 1: Emperor Gau Wen History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 5
- 卷24 志第19 食貨 Volume 24 Treatises 19: Finance and Economics Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 5
- 卷四十一 志第三十一 地理五 Volume 41 Treatises 35: Gepgraphy 5 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 5
Collocations
- 长城县 (長城縣) 割吳興之陽羨並長城縣之北鄉置義鄉 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十五 志第五 地理下 Volume 15 Treatises 5: Geography Part Two — count: 23
- 筑长城 (築長城) 魏筑長城 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《秦本紀》 Annals of Qin — count: 13
- 长城令 (長城令) 長城令 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷三十五 志第二十五 州郡一 Volume 35 Treatises 25: Administrative Districts 1 — count: 13
- 长城公主 (長城公主) 緯尚太祖第五女長城公主 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五十二 列傳第十二 庾悅 王誕 謝景仁 袁湛 褚叔度 Volume 52 Biographies 12: Yu Yue, Wang Dan, Xie Jingren, Yuan Zhan, Chu Shudu — count: 10
- 吴兴长城 (吳興長城) 吳興長城夏架山有石鼓 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十九 志第十九 五行下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Five Elements Part Three — count: 8
- 长城人 (長城人) 長城人錢步射 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九 帝紀第九 太宗簡文帝 孝武帝 Volume 9 Annals 9: Emperor Jianwen; Emperor Xiaowu — count: 7
- 封长城 (封長城) 改封長城縣侯 — Book of Chen 陳書, 卷一 本紀第一: 高祖上 Volume 1: Emperor Wu 1 — count: 7
- 女长城 (女長城) 緯尚太祖第五女長城公主 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷五十二 列傳第十二 庾悅 王誕 謝景仁 袁湛 褚叔度 Volume 52 Biographies 12: Yu Yue, Wang Dan, Xie Jingren, Yuan Zhan, Chu Shudu — count: 6
- 齐长城 (齊長城) 楊忠破齊長城 — Book of Zhou 周書, 卷5 帝紀第5 武帝上 Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Wu 1 — count: 5
- 长城以北 (長城以北) 長城以北 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《匈奴列傳》 Treatise on the Xiongnu — count: 5