双城
Shuāng chéng
Pinyin

Definition

双城
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Shuāng chéng
  1. Suangcheng county level city in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Hā ěr bīn], Heilongjiang

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

城
chéng
  1. 1 city walls
  2. 2 city
  3. 3 town
  4. 4 CL:座[zuò],道[dào],個|个[gè]
城市
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 CL:座[zuò]
京城
jīng chéng
  1. 1 capital of a country
倾城
qīng chéng
  1. 1 coming from everywhere
  2. 2 from all over the place
  3. 3 gorgeous (of woman)
  4. 4 to ruin and overturn the state
全城
quán chéng
  1. 1 whole city
南城
Nán chéng
  1. 1 Nancheng county in Fuzhou 撫州|抚州, Jiangxi
古城
gǔ chéng
  1. 1 ancient city
商城
Shāng chéng
  1. 1 see 商城縣|商城县[Shāng chéng xiàn]
围城
Wéi chéng
  1. 1 Fortress Besieged, 1947 novel by Qian Zhongshu 錢鐘書|钱钟书, filmed as a TV serial
城区
chéng qū
  1. 1 city district
  2. 2 urban area
城堡
chéng bǎo
  1. 1 castle
  2. 2 rook (chess piece)
城府
chéng fǔ
  1. 1 subtle
  2. 2 shrewd
  3. 3 sophisticated
城墙
chéng qiáng
  1. 1 city wall
城管
chéng guǎn
  1. 1 local government bylaw enforcement officer
  2. 2 city management (abbr. for 城市管理行政執法局|城市管理行政执法局[Chéng shì Guǎn lǐ Xíng zhèng Zhí fǎ jú])
城乡
chéng xiāng
  1. 1 city and countryside
城镇
chéng zhèn
  1. 1 town
  2. 2 cities and towns
增城
Zēng chéng
  1. 1 Zengcheng county level city in Guangzhou 廣州|广州[Guǎng zhōu], Guangdong
攻城
gōng chéng
  1. 1 to besiege (a town)
新城
Xīn chéng
  1. 1 Xincheng or Hsincheng township in Hualien County 花蓮縣|花莲县[Huā lián Xiàn], east Taiwan
曼城
Màn chéng
  1. 1 Manchester, England
  2. 2 Manchester City football club

Idioms (13)

倾国倾城
qīng guó qīng chéng
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
  3. 3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]
倾城倾国
qīng chéng qīng guó
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
  1. 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
  1. 1 lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
  3. 3 (jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
  4. 4 (of one's stomach) to be rumbling
围城打援
wéi chéng dǎ yuán
  1. 1 to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom); strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
攻城略地
gōng chéng lu:è dì
  1. 1 to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
满城风雨
mǎn chéng fēng yǔ
  1. 1 lit. wind and rain through the town (idiom); fig. a big scandal
  2. 2 an uproar
  3. 3 the talk of the town
众志成城
zhòng zhì chéng chéng
  1. 1 unity of will is an impregnable stronghold (idiom)
背城借一
bèi chéng jiè yī
  1. 1 to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
  2. 2 to put up a desperate struggle
胸有城府
xiōng yǒu chéng fǔ
  1. 1 subtle way of thinking (idiom); hard to fathom
  2. 2 deep and shrewd
胸无城府
xiōng wú chéng fǔ
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
  2. 2 ingenuous
高城深池
gāo chéng shēn chí
  1. 1 high walls and deep moat (idiom); impenetrable defense

Sample Sentences

燕郊北京“双城生活”：我的上班路就像一场战斗
yānjiāo Běijīng “shuāngchéngshēnghuó ”：wǒ de shàngbān lù jiù xiàng yī chǎng zhàndòu
Yanjiao Beijing "Living in two cities": My journey to work is like a battle.
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上班族的“双城记每天都在上演。
shàngbānzú de “Shuāngchéngjì měitiān dōu zài shàngyǎn 。
Every day we see and hear how workers lead dual cities lives.
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在中国，年轻人的“双城生活”已不是一个新鲜词汇
zài Zhōngguó ，niánqīngrén de “shuāngchéngshēnghuó ”yǐ búshi yī ge xīnxiān cíhuì
In China, the phrase “two-city life” describing the lives of young people is not new.
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上班族常挂嘴边的这句话，或许最能读出他们心中双城奔波的无奈。
shàngbānzú cháng guà zuǐ biān de zhè jù huà ，huòxǔ zuì néng dúchū tāmen xīnzhōng Shuāngchéng bēnbō de wúnài 。
These words often chanted by workers commuting between the two cities perhaps reflects their sense of helplessness.
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房子、车牌、地铁线路……双城生活的上班族，最关心政策的风吹草动。
fángzi 、chēpái 、dìtiě xiànlù ……shuāngchéngshēnghuó de shàngbānzú ，zuì guānxīn zhèngcè de fēngchuīcǎodòng 。
Houses, license plates, subway lines... The workers who live in the two cities are most concerned about new policies.
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