great-wall 1. vi.,n. [from SF fandom] A mass expedition to an oriental restaurant, esp. one where food is served family-style and shared. There is a common heuristic about the amount of food to order, expressed as Get N - 1 entrees ; the value of N , which is the number of people in the group, can be inferred from context (see N ). See oriental food , ravs , stir-fried random. 2. Great firewall of China. A censorship system deployed by the government of China mainly to prevent access to outside sources of news or any type of information which may challenge the official doctrine.