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城铁chéng tiě

rapid transit system / urban railway

城门失火，殃及池鱼chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú

a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom) / the bystander will also suffer / fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions / ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee

城阙chéng què

watchtower on either side of a city gate / (literary) city / imperial palace

城关chéng guān

area outside a city gate

城防chéng fáng

city defense

不到长城非好汉bù dào Cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn

lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person / fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal

京城jīng chéng

capital of a country

倾国倾城qīng guó qīng chéng

lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom) / fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful / also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]

倾城qīng chéng

coming from everywhere / from all over the place / gorgeous (of woman) / to ruin and overturn the state

倾城倾国qīng chéng qīng guó

see 傾國傾城|倾国倾城[qīng guó qīng chéng]

内城nèi chéng

inner castle / donjon

兵临城下bīng lín chéng xià

soldiers at the city walls (idiom) / fig. at a critical juncture

副省级城市fù shěng jí chéng shì

subprovincial city (having independent economic status within a province)

名城míng chéng

famous city

唱空城计chàng kōng chéng jì

(lit.) to sing "The Empty City Stratagem" (idiom) / (fig.) to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness / (jocular) (of a place etc) to be empty / (of one's stomach) to be rumbling

围城打援wéi chéng dǎ yuán

to besiege and strike the relief force (idiom) / strategy of surrounding a unit to entice the enemy to reinforce, then striking the new troops

地下城dì xià chéng

dungeon (in video games or fantasy settings etc)

外郭城wài guō chéng

outer city wall

大城市dà chéng shì

major city / metropolis

大学城dà xué chéng

university city

封城fēng chéng

to lock down a city