牆 qiáng

wall

DEFINITIONS

  • wall
  • variant of 牆|墙[qiang2], wall
  • wall
  • CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]

WORDS

不撞南牆不回頭 bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
人牆 rén qiáng wall (soccer)
付費牆 fù fèi qiáng (computing) paywall (loanword)
佛跳牆 fó tiào qiáng lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
兄弟鬩牆 xiōng dì xì qiáng internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
哭牆 kū qiáng Wailing Wall, or Western Wall (Jerusalem)
圍牆 wéi qiáng perimeter wall; fence; CL:道[dao4]
城牆 chéng qiáng city wall
外牆 wài qiáng facade; external wall
女兒牆 nǚ ér qiáng crenelated parapet wall
女牆 nǚ qiáng crenelated parapet wall
山牆 shān qiáng gable
幕牆 mù qiáng curtain wall (architecture)
引水入牆 yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng lit. to lead the water through the wall; to ask for trouble (idiom)
拆東牆補西牆 chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient; Rob Peter to pay Paul
挖牆腳 wā qiáng jiǎo to undermine; to let someone down; to seduce someone away from something
擋風牆 dǎng fēng qiáng lit. windbreak; fig. protector
柏林圍牆 bó lín wéi qiáng Berlin Wall
柏林牆 bó lín qiáng Berlin Wall
民主牆 mín zhǔ qiáng Democracy Wall (1978-1989), esp. during the Beijing Spring democracy movement
沒有不透風的牆 méi yǒu bù tòu fēng de qiáng (idiom) no secret can be kept forever
浮雕牆紙 fú diāo qiáng zhǐ anaglypta (sculptured wallpaper)
混水牆 hún shuǐ qiáng plastered masonry wall
清水牆 qīng shuǐ qiáng unplastered masonry wall
火牆 huǒ qiáng firewall
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