防火长城

防火長城
Fánghuǒ Chángchéng
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the Great Firewall, China's system for blocking foreign websites

Examples

HSK 4
Fánghuǒ Chángchéng zhège shuōfǎ láizì Yīngwén.
The term 'Great Firewall' comes from English.
HSK 5
Hěnduō wàiguó wǎngzhàn bèi Fánghuǒ Chángchéng dǎngzhù le.
Many foreign websites are blocked by the Great Firewall.

Tips

usage
A pun on 防火墙 'firewall' and 长城 'the Great Wall'. In speech people just say 墙 'the wall': a blocked site 被墙了 'got walled', and getting past it is 翻墙, 'climbing the wall'.
register
The name is a translation of the English nickname. Official media do not use it, since they do not discuss the system by name.

Stroke Order

防 fáng
火 huǒ
长 cháng
城 chéng