城乡
城乡城鄉 chéng xiāng ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤ sing4 hoeng1 HSK 6
- city and countryside
Stroke order
Practice writing
Draw 城 (1 of 2) — stroke by stroke.
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Character breakdown
More words with these characters
城
乡
- 下乡下鄉 xià xiāng ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄒㄧㄤ haa6 hoeng1 to go to the countryside
- 同乡同鄉 tóng xiāng ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄤ tung4 hoeng1 person from the same village, town, or province
- 家乡家鄉 jiā xiāng ㄐㄧㄚ ㄒㄧㄤ gaa1 hoeng1 hometown
- 故乡故鄉 gù xiāng ㄍㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ gu3 hoeng1 home
- 异乡異鄉 yì xiāng ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ji6 hoeng1 foreign land
- 老乡老鄉 lǎo xiāng ㄌㄠˇ ㄒㄧㄤ lou5 hoeng1 fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown
Idioms with these characters
- 背城借一 bèi chéng jiè yī ㄅㄟˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝˋ ㄧ bui3 sing4 ze3 jat1 to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
- 兵临城下兵臨城下 bīng lín chéng xià ㄅㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ bing1 lam4 sing4 haa6 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
- 唱空城计唱空城計 chàng kōng chéng jì ㄔㄤˋ ㄎㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄐㄧˋ coeng3 hung1 sing4 gai3 lit. to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom)
- 高城深池 gāo chéng shēn chí ㄍㄠ ㄔㄥˊ ㄕㄣ ㄔˊ gou1 sing4 sam1 ci4 high walls and deep moat (idiom); impenetrable defense
- 攻城略地 gōng chéng lüè dì ㄍㄨㄥ ㄔㄥˊ ㄌㄩㄝˋ ㄉㄧˋ gung1 sing4 loek6 dei6 to take cities and seize territories (idiom)
- 背井离乡背井離鄉 bèi jǐng lí xiāng ㄅㄟˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄤ bui3 zeng2 lei4 hoeng1 to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
- 告老还乡告老還鄉 gào lǎo huán xiāng ㄍㄠˋ ㄌㄠˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ gou3 lou5 waan4 hoeng1 (idiom) to retire from official service due to old age and return to one's hometown
- 客死异乡客死異鄉 kè sǐ yì xiāng ㄎㄜˋ ㄙˇ ㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄤ haak3 sei2 ji6 hoeng1 to die in a foreign land (idiom)
- 入乡随俗入鄉隨俗 rù xiāng suí sú ㄖㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄙㄨㄟˊ ㄙㄨˊ jap6 hoeng1 ceoi4 zuk6 When you enter a village, follow the local customs (idiom); do as the natives do
- 异国他乡異國他鄉 yì guó tā xiāng ㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄊㄚ ㄒㄧㄤ ji6 gwok3 taa1 hoeng1 foreign lands and places (idiom); living as expatriate