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Chinese
Etymology
From the idiomatic sense of 萬 / 万 (wàn) as any uncountable or unimaginably large number. As a whole the name, translated literally, means “10,000-li long wall”.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
萬里長城
- Great Wall of China
Synonyms
Korean
Proper noun
萬里長城 • (Mallijangseong) (hangeul 만리장성)
- hanja form? of 만리장성 (“the Great Wall of China”)
Vietnamese
Proper noun
萬里長城
- chữ Hán form of Vạn Lý Trường Thành (“the Great Wall of China”).