p8nda
p8nda BETA
Home Dictionary Translate Flashcards Sign in

长城

長城
Chángchéng
noun HSK 3 #14,337

Meanings

  1. 1 the Great Wall (of China)

Characters

长
cháng
long
城
chéng
city wall; city
Long + wall = the Great Wall. Its full name is 万里 长城 ('Ten-Thousand-Li Long Wall').

Examples

不到长城非好汉。
Bú dào Chángchéng fēi hǎohàn.
You're not a true hero until you've been to the Great Wall.
长城有两千多年的历史。
Chángchéng yǒu liǎngqiān duō nián de lìshǐ.
The Great Wall has over 2,000 years of history.
我们明天去爬长城。
Wǒmen míngtiān qù pá Chángchéng.
We're going to climb the Great Wall tomorrow.

Tips

culture
不到长城非好汉 ('you're not a hero until you reach the Great Wall') is one of the most famous Chinese sayings, attributed to Mao Zedong.

In Pop Culture

不到长城非好汉 Bú dào Chángchéng fēi hǎohàn
He who has not been to the Great Wall is not a true man
Mao Zedong's line from a 1935 poem, now a ubiquitous saying tourists quote at the wall.

Stroke Order

长 cháng
城 chéng