dǒu​chéng

small city

  • created reference approved 斗城 → 长安/長安 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斗城 dǒu​chéng

    长安 / 長安 cháng'ān

    see

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  • created sense approved 斗城 · dǒu​chéng · small city — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斗城

    dǒu​chéng

    small city

    a very small city; a tiny town

    斗 (literal) → 斗 · dǒu · small 城 (literal) → 城 · chéng · city

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  • created sense approved 斗城 · dǒu​chéng · Doucheng — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    斗城

    dǒu​chéng

    Doucheng

    (literary) an old name for the ancient capital of [[长安|長安|chang2 an1]] during the Han Dynasty, so named because the layout of the southern city wall resembled the Southern Dipper and the northern wall resembled the Northern Dipper

    斗 (literal) → 斗 · dǒu · Big Dipper 城 (literal) → 城 · chéng · city wall

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