碰壁 pèng bì to hit a wall / (fig.) to hit a brick wall / to hit a snag / to have the door slammed in one's face syn 冰砖 冰磚 bīng zhuān ice-cream brick / brick of ice 挼 ruá (dialect) (of paper or cloth) wrinkled / crumpled / (dialect) (of clothes) worn out / (dialect) (of a fire's intensity, one's physical condition etc) weak / feeble / (dialect) (of skill) poor / inferior 钻牛角尖 鑽牛角尖 zuān niú jiǎo jiān lit. to penetrate into a bull's horn (idiom) / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs syn 砖 磚 zhuān brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn 崖限 yá xiàn cliff barring the way / fig. brick wall 钻牛角 鑽牛角 zuān niú jiǎo lit. honing a bull's horn / fig. to waste time on an insoluble or insignificant problem / to bash one's head against a brick wall / a wild goose chase / a blind alley / to split hairs / same as idiom 鑽牛角尖|钻牛角尖 勾缝 勾縫 gōu fèng to point a brick wall / to grout a tiled surface 溜 liù swift current / rapids / (dialect) (of speech, actions etc) skilled / proficient / (of movements) quick / speedy / (bound form) rain runoff from a roof / (bound form) roof gutter / classifier for rows, lines etc / surroundings / neighborhood / (dialect) to practice / (dialect) to plaster / to fill in the cracks (with cement, lime plaster etc) syn 墙面 牆面 qiáng miàn the surface of a wall (esp. an interior wall) 面壁 miàn bì to face the wall / to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism) / (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc 罗城 羅城 luó chéng a second wall built around a city wall 粉墙 粉牆 fěn qiáng whitewashed wall / to whitewash a wall 影壁 yǐng bì spirit wall (screen wall used to shield an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture) syn 拆东墙补西墙 拆東牆補西牆 chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng lit. to tear down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom) / fig. to rob Peter to pay Paul 墉 yōng fortified wall / city wall syn 西墙 西牆 xī qiáng Western Wall, or Wailing Wall (Jerusalem) 哭墙 哭牆 kū qiáng Wailing Wall, or Western Wall (Jerusalem) 垝垣 guǐ yuán collapsed wall / ruined wall 破壁 pò bì dilapidated wall / to break through a wall / (fig.) to break through / (biotechnology) to disrupt cell walls / cell disruption 空心墙 空心牆 kōng xīn qiáng cavity wall / hollow wall 钜防 鉅防 jù fáng iron defense / defensive gate or wall (refers to the Great Wall) 海沟内壁 海溝內壁 inner trench wall / inner wall of a trench 砖头 磚頭 zhuān tou brick syn 大哥大 dà gē dà cell phone (bulky, early-model one) / brick phone / mob boss syn 实体店 實體店 shí tǐ diàn brick and mortar business / physical (rather than online) retail store 砖块 磚塊 zhuān kuài brick syn 砖石 磚石 zhuān shí brick syn 土坯 tǔ pī mud brick / adobe / unfired earthenware syn 耐火砖 耐火磚 nài huǒ zhuān refractory brick / firebrick syn 砖窑 磚窯 zhuān yáo brick kiln 炕 kàng kang (a heatable brick bed) / to bake / to dry by the heat of a fire syn 抛砖引玉 拋磚引玉 pāo zhuān yǐn yù lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom) / fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling syn 敲门砖 敲門磚 qiāo mén zhuān lit. a brick as a door knocker (idiom) / fig. a temporary expedient / to use sb as a stepping stone to fortune syn 引玉之砖 引玉之磚 yǐn yù zhī zhuān lit. a brick thrown to prompt others to produce a jade (idiom) / fig. a modest suggestion intended to prompt others to come forward with better ideas 青堂瓦舍 qīng táng wǎ shè brick house with a tiled roof 塼 zhuān brick 土炕 tǔ kàng heated brick common bed 标砖 標磚 biāo zhuān marker brick (in building) / keystone 沱茶 tuó chá a cake of tea, commonly Pu'er tea 普洱茶[Pu3 er3 cha2], compacted into a bowl or nest shape / dome shaped tea-brick / caked tea 砖石塔 磚石塔 zhuān shí tǎ brick pagoda 砖窑场 磚窯場 zhuān yáo chǎng brick kiln 砖红土 磚紅土 zhuān hóng tǔ red brick clay 窑场 窯場 yáo chǎng brick kiln 镁砖 鎂磚 měi zhuān magnesium brick (refractory material) 黑砖窑 黑磚窯 hēi zhuān yáo lit. black brick kiln / factories that acquired notoriety in 2007 for slave labor 茶砖 茶磚 chá zhuān tea brick syn 大麻砖 大麻磚 dài má zhuān brick 毒砖 毒磚 dú zhuān brick 炕床 kàng chuáng heatable brick bed 土墼 tǔ jī sun-dried mudbrick / adobe brick 墼 jī (bound form) unfired brick / (bound form) briquette (made of coal etc) / Taiwan pr. [ji2] 变砖 變磚 biàn zhuān (of an electronic device) to brick / to become inoperable 咱们 咱們 zán men we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to) / (dialect) I or me / (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you / also pr. [za2 men5] syn 风光 風光 fēng guāng scene / view / sight / landscape / to be well-regarded / to be well-off / grand (dialect) / impressive (dialect) syn 黄牛 黃牛 huáng niú ox / cattle / scalper of tickets etc / (dialect) to fail to show up / (dialect) to break a promise syn 大 dà big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn 拿捏 ná niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp / to control / (dialect) affecting shyness / coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties / to threaten 着 著 zhāo a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]) / trick / tactic / (dialect) okay / all right / (dialect) to put in / to add syn 种花 種花 zhòng huā to grow flowers / (dialect) to vaccinate / (dialect) to grow cotton syn 咧咧 liē liē (dialect) to cry / to whimper / (dialect) to talk drivel 兴 興 xīng to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) syn 砻 礱 lóng (dialect) tool used to hull rice (similar to a grain mill) / (dialect) to hull rice using this tool syn 㞎 bǎ (dialect) poo / (dialect) to shit 启海话 啟海話 qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern Jiangsu province, and on Chongming Island in Shanghai 媳妇 媳婦 xí fu (dialect) wife / (dialect) young married woman syn 拧巴 擰巴 nǐng ba (dialect) awkward / uncomfortable / (dialect) obstinate / contrary / argumentative 磕碜 磕磣 kē chen (dialect) ugly / unsightly / shabby / (dialect) to humiliate / to ridicule 馃子 餜子 guǒ zi (dialect) pastry / (dialect) youtiao / deep-fried cruller 齁甜 hōu tián (dialect) (of food) excessively sweet / cloying / (dialect) (of words, affection etc) sickenly sweet / overly sentimental 巴适 巴適 bā shì (Sichuan dialect) comfortable / suitable / excellent / really good / (Sichuan dialect) to be close to (sb) / to curry favor with 发贴 發貼 fā tiē to stick sth up (on the wall) / to post (on a noticeboard or website) 长城 長城 cháng chéng the Great Wall syn 墙壁 牆壁 qiáng bì wall syn 顶部 頂部 dǐng bù roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex 城墙 城牆 chéng qiáng city wall syn 围墙 圍牆 wéi qiáng perimeter wall / fence / CL:道[dao4] syn 华尔街 華爾街 huá ěr jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business 外墙 外牆 wài qiáng facade / external wall 蠕动 蠕動 rú dòng to wiggle / to squirm / peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall) syn 幕墙 幕牆 mù qiáng curtain wall (architecture) 挂历 掛曆 guà lì wall calendar 隔断 隔斷 gé duàn partition / to stand between / wall or fence serving as partition syn 塞外 sài wài (old) territories beyond the Great Wall syn 挂图 挂圖 guà tú wall chart 条幅 條幅 tiáo fú wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy) / banner 山海关 山海關 shān hǎi guān Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall / Shanhaiguan district of Qinhuangdao city 秦皇島市|秦皇岛市[Qin2 huang2 dao3 shi4], Hebei 八达岭 八達嶺 bā dá lǐng Badaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination 万里长城 萬里長城 wàn lǐ cháng chéng the Great Wall syn 斜眼 xié yǎn to look askance / cross or wall-eyed 关山 關山 guān shān fortresses and mountains (along the Great Wall) / one's hometown 外径 外徑 wài jìng external diameter (including thickness of the wall) 护城河 護城河 hù chéng hé moat (surrounding the city wall) syn 牌匾 pái biǎn board (attached to a wall) syn 承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc) 人墙 人牆 rén qiáng human barricade / (soccer) defensive wall 壁挂 壁掛 bì guà wall hanging 支原体 支原體 zhī yuán tǐ Mycoplasma (parasitic bacteria without cell wall) 土墙 土墻 earth wall 