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防火长城

Fáng huǒ Cháng chéngdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
Great Firewall of China (system for restricting access to foreign websites)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-40a357062d5d7072. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

防火長城 防火长城 [Fang2 huo3 Chang2 cheng2] /Great Firewall of China (system for restricting access to foreign websites)/

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Other forms in these source records: 防火長城

  • 防
    fáng

    to protect / to defend / to guard against / to prevent

  • 火
    huǒ

    fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

    Huǒ

    surname Huo

  • 长
    cháng

    long / (bound form) length / (bound form) strong point / forte / (bound form) to be good at / (literary) surplus / spare (Taiwan pr. [zhàng])

    zhǎng

    chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance

  • 城
    chéng

    city walls / city / town / CL:座[zuò],道[dào],個|个[gè]

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.