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萬里長城

maan6 lei5 coeng4 sing4

wan4 li3 chang2 cheng2

The Great Wall of China (often abbreviated to 長城)

Level: 3 Google Frequency: 592,000

萬里長城

萬 maan6 wan4 - ten thousand; innumerable
里 leoi5 lei5 li3 - neighborhood, village
長 coeng4 zoeng2 zoeng6 chang2 {zhang3} {zhang4} - long; length
城 sing4 cheng2 - city, town

This word was added by aaron on 14th Jul 2004 and last edited on 16th Aug 2006

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