汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 萬里長城
Wàn lǐ Cháng chéng
萬里長城 (万里长城)
the Great Wall
Refers to the Great Wall of my country / It is also a metaphor for the general on which the country depends / Now it is also a metaphor for the people's army
指秦始皇为了防御北方匈奴贵族的侵略所修缮的西起临洮，北傍阴山，东至辽东的古长城。参见"长城"。 比喻不可逾越的障碍。 比喻国家所依赖的战将。
万 (萬) wàn 里 (裏) lǐ 长 (長) zhǎng/cháng 城 chéng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

万里长城和故宫都在那里。

Both the Great Wall and the Palace Museum are there.

我知道中国的万里长城。

I know the Great Wall of China.

那是中国的万里长城吗？

Is it the Great Wall in China?

万里长城所象征的就是这种防御观念。

The Great Wall is symbolic of such defensive concept.

是万里长城防御工程中最为重要的组成部分之一。

The Great Wall of defense is the most important element.

这里有各地名胜的缩小模型，如：万里长城、埃菲尔铁塔和白宫。

There are many miniatures of places of interest, such as the Great Wall, the Eiffel Tower, and the "White House."

八达岭长城是万里长城的代表，是明代长城中的精华。

Badaling Great Wall is the essence of the whole Ming Dynasty Great Wall.

由于修建万里长城，鄂尔多斯高原和阴山山脉的森林受到大量砍伐。

To construct the Great wall many forests in Erdos plateau and Yinshan mountains were felled down.

虎山长城建造于明朝万历年间，是中国万里长城的东部起点。

The Hushan Great Wall was built during the Ming Dynasty some 400 years ago. It is the eastern end of China's Great Wall.

秦皇岛的景观以长城、海滨闻名：被誉为 天下第一关 的山海关是万里长城的最东端；

The landscape of the Great Wall in Qinhuangdao, promenades well-known: as the "best in the world on" the Shanhaiguan Great Wall is the most eastern end;

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