What do the chinese call the great wall of china?
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万里长城
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wan =graet
li=meter
chang=long
cheng=city wall
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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.
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"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.
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@verakong: wang 什么意思?
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