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爛泥扶不上牆
làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng
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useless (idiom);
worthless;
inept
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爛泥糊不上牆
làn ní hú bù shàng qiáng
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see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙[lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2]
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爬牆
pá qiáng
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to climb a wall;
(fig.) to be unfaithful
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牆垣
qiáng yuán
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wall;
fence
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牆報
qiáng bào
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wall newspaper
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牆壁
qiáng bì
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wall
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牆旮旯
qiáng gā lá
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recess between walls
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牆板鋸
qiáng bǎn jù
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drywall saw;
plasterboard saw
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牆根
qiáng gēn
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foot of a wall
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牆紙
qiáng zhǐ
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wallpaper
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牆角
qiáng jiǎo
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corner (junction of two walls)
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牆頭草
qiáng tóu cǎo
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sb who goes whichever way the wind blows;
sb with no mind of their own;
easily swayed person;
opportunist
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狗急跳牆
gǒu jí tiào qiáng
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a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom);
to be driven to desperate action
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石膏牆板
shí gāo qiáng bǎn
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drywall;
gypsum wallboard;
plasterboard
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空心牆
kōng xīn qiáng
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cavity wall;
hollow wall
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粉牆
fěn qiáng
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whitewashed wall;
to whitewash a wall
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糊牆
hú qiáng
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to paper a wall
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糊牆紙
hú qiáng zhǐ
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wallpaper
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紅杏出牆
hóng xìng chū qiáng
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lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom);
fig. a wife having an illicit lover
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翻牆
fān qiáng
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lit. to climb over the wall;
fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China
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聽牆根
tīng qiáng gēn
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to eavesdrop;
to listen in secret to sb's conversations
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聽牆根兒
tīng qiáng gēn r
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erhua variant of 聽牆根|听墙根[ting1 qiang2 gen1]
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聽牆面
tīng qiáng miàn
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surface of wall
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胸牆
xiōng qiáng
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parapet;
defensive wall;
breastwork
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蕭牆
xiāo qiáng
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(literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture
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