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What do the chinese call the great wall of china?
Oct 6, 2008 7:08 AM
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万里长城
October 6, 2008
1
wan =graet
li=meter
chang=long
cheng=city wall
October 7, 2008
1
We usually call it "长城" ,you can call it "万里长城".
In Chinese, "长"means long,"城" means city wall.
"里" is a unit for measuring length or distance,1里=500 meters = 0.31 mile. We use "万里"
to emphasize its length. But it doesn't means its length is ten thousand meters, it is only an estimate.
October 6, 2008
1
"Great Wall" is'nt the chinese name.
万里长城
wan4 li3 chang2 cheng2
10000 li (miles) long wall
Where 10000 means an extremely high number.
October 6, 2008
@verakong: wang 什么意思?
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