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城墙

chéngqiáng

city wall

A thick city wall with a gate tower and a person on top
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Characters in this word

城 chéng

Strokes
9
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 成 to accomplish
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

墙 qiáng

Strokes
14
Radical
土 — soil, earth
Made of
土 soil, earth 啬 miserly, stingy, thrifty
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 古城墙经过修复后,重新成为城市记忆的重要载体。 Gǔ chéngqiáng jīngguò xiūfù hòu, chóngxīn chéngwéi chéngshì jìyì de zhòngyào zàitǐ. After restoration, the ancient city wall once again became an important carrier of the city's memory.
  • 我们沿着城墙慢慢走,欣赏夕阳下的老城。 Wǒmen yánzhe chéngqiáng mànmàn zǒu, xīnshǎng xīyáng xià de lǎochéng. We walked slowly along the city wall, admiring the old town in the setting sun.
  • 这段城墙已经有六百多年的历史了。 Zhè duàn chéngqiáng yǐjīng yǒu liù bǎi duō nián de lìshǐ le. This section of the city wall has more than six hundred years of history.

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