Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「萬里長城」, explained here.
Our focus this time is on the idiom 「萬里長城」. You’ll find its definition and examples below.
Refers to the Great Wall of my country. It also refers to the generals on whom the country relies. It is now also used to refer to the people’s army.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
wàn lǐ zhǎng chéng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
maan6 leui5 cheung4 sing4
The collection of Chinese idioms is enormous, with each one holding its own meaning and purpose. We hope these resources can assist you in better understanding and learning Chinese.

