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筑长城
/ zhù cháng chéng /
Strokes
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Collocation
1
筑长城的时间
2
喜欢/迷恋/爱筑长城
3
经常筑长城
4
天天筑长城
5
别筑长城
Definition
筑长城:
Literally means:
build the Great Wall
Actually means:
It figuratively means playing Majiang. The pieces of Majiang look like bricks, and in playing, they are lined up like a wall, so playing Majiang is figuratively referred to as building the Great Wall. It carries humorous tone.
比喻打麻将。因为每一枚麻将看起来像砖头。玩麻将时要把麻将一个一个摆成长长的一排，所以人们把玩麻将比喻成筑长城。带有诙谐的意味。
Example
Used as predicate, object or attributive. (作谓语、宾语、定语)
1
Xiǎozhāng
小张
bùwùzhèngyè
不务正业
,
tiāntiān
天天
zài
在
wàimiàn
外面
zhù
筑
chángchéng
长城
,
qīzǐ
妻子
qì
气
de
得
huí
回
niángjia
娘家
le
了
。
Xiao Zhang is not doing his job, building the Great Wall outside every day, his wife is angry back to his mother's house.
2
Yǒuxiē
有些
rén
人
kòngxián
空闲
de
的
shíhou
时候
ài
爱
zhù
筑
chángchéng
长城
,
zhè
这
běnlái
本来
shì
是
méishénme
没什么
bùhǎo
不好
de
的
,
dànshì
但是
wán
玩
májiàng
麻将
dǔqián
赌钱
jiù
就
bú
不
shi
是
hǎoshì
好事
le
了
。
Some people love to build the Great Wall in their spare time, which would have been nothing bad, but playing mahjong gambling money is not a good thing.
3
Nǐ
你
zhù
筑
chángchéng
长城
de
的
shíjiān
时间
bǐ
比
gōngzuò
工作
de
的
shíjiān
时间
hái
还
cháng
长
,
tóu
头
néng
能
bù
不
yūn
晕
ma
吗
?
You've been building the Great Wall longer than you've been working.