萬里長城
Chinese
10,000 li; an immeasurably long distance; very long distance | long wall; Great Wall of China; Changcheng | ||
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trad. (萬里長城) | 萬里 | 長城 | |
simp. (万里长城) | 万里 | 长城 | |
Literally: “10,000-li long wall”. |
Etymology
From the idiomatic sense of 萬/万 (wàn) as any uncountable or unimaginably large number. As a whole the name, translated literally, means “10,000-li long wall”.
Pronunciation
Vietnamese
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |||
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萬 | 里 | 長 | 城 |
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