铁幕 鐵幕 tiě mù Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.) 拉开序幕 拉開序幕 lā kāi xù mù (fig.) to raise the curtain / to lift the curtain / to be a curtain raiser for 影壁 yǐng bì spirit wall (screen wall used to shield an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture) syn 闭幕 閉幕 bì mù the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting) syn 国际金融结构 國際金融結構 international financial architecture / global financial architecture 全球金融结构 全球金融結構 international financial architecture / global financial architecture 萧墙 蕭牆 xiāo qiáng (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture syn 墙面 牆面 qiáng miàn the surface of a wall (esp. an interior wall) 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 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 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 帷幕 wéi mù heavy curtain syn 落幕 luò mù the curtain drops / the end of the show syn 夜幕 yè mù curtain of night / gathering darkness syn 谢幕 謝幕 xiè mù to take a curtain call / (fig.) to come to an end 帘子 簾子 lián zi curtain syn 幕布 mù bù (theater) curtain syn 撩开 撩開 liāo kai to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something / to toss aside syn 帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn 浴帘 浴簾 yù lián shower curtain 垂帘听政 垂簾聽政 chuí lián tīng zhèng lit. to govern from behind the curtain / to rule in place of the emperor (idiom) 帷幔 wéi màn drapery / curtain syn 窗幔 chuāng màn curtain syn 划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn 幕 幙 mù old variant of 幕[mu4] / curtain / screen syn 帐 帳 zhàng (bound form) curtain / tent / canopy / variant of 賬|账[zhang4] syn 帘 簾 lián hanging screen or curtain syn 幢 zhuàng classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]) / (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows syn 幌 huǎng shop sign / (literary) window curtain 帷 wéi curtain / screen syn 幔 màn curtain syn 帏 幃 wéi curtain / women's apartment / tent 簾 lián curtain 帱 幬 chóu canopy / curtain syn 裯 chóu bed curtain / coverlet 幨 chān curtain in carriage / screen 幔子 màn zi curtain / veil 幰 xiǎn curtain at front of carriage 幙 mù curtain / screen 扑棱 撲稜 pū leng (of wings, curtain etc) to flap / to flutter 珠箔 zhū bó curtain of pearls / screen of beads 开场戏 開場戲 kāi chǎng xì curtain-raiser 帐幔 帳幔 zhàng màn curtain 幮 chú a kind of mosquito net / bed curtain 床帐 床帳 chuáng zhàng bed curtain / mosquito net 窗帷 chuāng wéi curtain syn 雨幕 yǔ mù curtain of rain / downpour syn 结构 結構 jié gòu structure / composition / makeup / architecture / CL:座[zuo4],個|个[ge4] syn 模板 mú bǎn template / (architecture) formwork syn 架构 架構 jià gòu to construct / to build / structure / framework / architecture syn 建构 建構 jiàn gòu to construct (often sth abstract, such as good relations) / to set up / to develop / construction (abstract) / architecture 古朴 古樸 gǔ pǔ simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc) syn 制图 製圖 zhì tú (cartography) to make a map / (architecture etc) to draft / to draw (blueprints) / (graphic design) to create graphics syn 马背 馬背 mǎ bèi horse's back / (traditional Chinese architecture) roof with a low-slung curved ridgelines and geometric shapes on the upper gable walls at the ends of the roof ridges 挑出 tiǎo chū corbel (in architecture) 建筑学 建築學 jiàn zhù xué architectural / architecture 夹层 夾層 jiā céng hollow layer between two solid layers / (architecture) mezzanine 开间 開間 kāi jiān unit for the width of a room, equal to the standard width of a room in an old-style house – about 10 chi 尺[chi3] / width of a room / (architecture) bay syn 斗拱 dǒu gǒng interlocking wooden brackets between the top of a column and crossbeams used in traditional Chinese architecture 台基 臺基 tái jī stylobate (architecture) 柱头 柱頭 zhù tóu (architecture) capital / column head / (botany) stigma syn 对称轴 對稱軸 duì chèn zhóu axis of symmetry / central axis (in Chinese architecture) 包豪斯 bāo háo sī Bauhaus (German school of modern architecture and design) 分布式结构 分佈式結構 fēn bù shì jié gòu distributed architecture 客户服务器结构 客戶服務器結構 kè hù fú wù qì jié gòu client server architecture 七层架构 七層架構 qī céng jià gòu seven layer architecture (OSI) 骑楼 騎樓 qí lóu arcade (architecture) 安徽建筑工业学院 安徽建築工業學院 ān huī jiàn zhù gōng yè xué yuàn Anhui University of Architecture 石库门 石庫門 shí kù mén "shikumen" style architecture: traditional (ca. 19th century) residences with courtyards, once common in Shanghai 绮井 綺井 qǐ jǐng ceiling (architecture) 滴水嘴兽 滴水嘴獸 dī shuǐ zuǐ shòu gargoyle (architecture) 艾未未 ài wèi wèi Ai Weiwei (1957-), Chinese artist active in architecture, photography, film, as well as cultural criticism and political activism 桥台 橋台 qiáo tái abutment (architecture) 柱身 zhù shēn column shaft (architecture) syn 联合国建设和平架构 United Nations peacebuilding architecture 办公室文件结构／办公室文件交换格式 Office Document Architecture / Office Document Interchange Format 全球两性平等结构改革运动 全球兩性平等結构改革運動 quán qiú liǎng xìng píng děng jié gòu gǎi gé yùn dòng Global campaign for Gender Equality Architecture Reform / GEAR Campaign 性别战略 性別戰略 gender architecture 结构和标准股 結構和標準股 Architecture and Standards Unit 实践结构 實踐結構 shí jiàn jié gòu practice architecture 非洲和平与安全结构 非洲和平與安全結構 African Peace and Security Architecture 达尔文信息类型化体系结构 達爾文信息類型化體系結構 Darwin Information Typing Architecture 维持和平架构 維持和平架構 peacekeeping architecture 桩脚 樁腳 zhuāng jiǎo pier foundation (architecture) / (Tw) politically influential figure enlisted to support one side in an election 雨漏 yǔ lòu gargoyle (architecture) 跨径 跨徑 kuà jìng span (architecture) 跨距 kuà jù (Tw) span (architecture) / time span syn 挑高 tiǎo gāo (architecture) high-ceilinged / to raise (a ceiling) to a height of 负一层 負一層 fù yī céng (architecture) basement level 1 / floor B1 