长城 | [Cháng chéng, ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ, 长 城 / 長 城] the Great Wall #4,814 [Add to Longdo] | 山海关 | [Shān hǎi guān, ㄕㄢ ㄏㄞˇ ㄍㄨㄢ, 山 海 关 / 山 海 關] Shanhai pass, the Eastern pass of the Great Wall #34,871 [Add to Longdo] | 塞外 | [sài wài, ㄙㄞˋ ㄨㄞˋ, 塞 外] beyond the Great Wall #36,659 [Add to Longdo] | 万里长城 | [Wàn lǐ Cháng chéng, ㄨㄢˋ ㄌㄧˇ ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ, 万 里 长 城 / 萬 里 長 城] the Great Wall #40,547 [Add to Longdo] | 平型关 | [Píng xíng guān, ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄢ, 平 型 关 / 平 型 關] Pingxing pass on the Great Wall near Datong, famous for victory over the Japanese in Sep 1937 #57,848 [Add to Longdo] | 蒙恬 | [Méng Tián, ㄇㄥˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ, 蒙 恬] Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall #59,858 [Add to Longdo] | 孟姜女 | [Mèng jiāng nǚ, ㄇㄥˋ ㄐㄧㄤ ㄋㄩˇ, 孟 姜 女] heroine of Qin dynasty 秦朝 folk tale, who searched for her husband, and whose tears broke down a stretch of the Great Wall to reveal his body #65,569 [Add to Longdo] | 口北 | [kǒu běi, ㄎㄡˇ ㄅㄟˇ, 口 北] north of the Great Wall #78,047 [Add to Longdo] | 嘉峪关城 | [Jiā yù guān chéng, ㄐㄧㄚ ㄩˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄔㄥˊ, 嘉 峪 关 城 / 嘉 峪 關 城] Jiayuguan fort in the Gansu corridor; Ming dynasty military fort, the western end of the Great Wall #775,556 [Add to Longdo] | 不到长城非好汉 | [bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn, ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄔㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄈㄟ ㄏㄠˇ ㄏㄢˋ, 不 到 长 城 非 好 汉 / 不 到 長 城 非 好 漢] lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person; fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal [Add to Longdo] | 钜防 | [jù fáng, ㄐㄩˋ ㄈㄤˊ, 钜 防 / 鉅 防] iron defense; defensive gate or wall (refers to the Great Wall) [Add to Longdo] |
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