万里の長城

Japanese

Kanji in this term
万	里	長	城
ばん Grade: 2	り Grade: 2	ちょう Grade: 2	じょう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
萬里の長城 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

万里 (banri, “ten thousand miles; incredibly long”) +‎ の (no, attributive marker) +‎ 長城 (chōjō, “long castle”), calque of Chinese 萬里長城／万里长城 (Wànlǐ Chángchéng)

Proper noun

万(ばん)里(り)の長(ちょう)城(じょう) • (Banri no Chōjō) ^{←ばんりのちやうじやう (banrinotyauzyau)?}

1. the Great Wall of China