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"fortified wall" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
墉 yōng fortified wall / city wall syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
墙壁 牆壁 qiáng bì wall syn
华尔街 華爾街 huá ěr jiē Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business
城墙 城牆 chéng qiáng city wall syn
围墙 圍牆 wéi qiáng perimeter wall / fence / CL:道[dao4] syn
顶部 頂部 dǐng bù roof / topmost part / top (of tree, wall etc) / apex
长城 長城 cháng chéng the Great Wall syn
云梯 雲梯 yún tī (military) ladder used for scaling the walls of a fortified place (i.e. for escalading) in ancient times / firefighters' extension ladder / stone steps on a mountain
斜眼 xié yǎn to look askance / cross or wall-eyed
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
蠕动 蠕動 rú dòng to wiggle / to squirm / peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall) syn
护城河 護城河 hù chéng hé moat (surrounding the city wall) syn
加料 jiā liào to feed in / to load (raw material, supplies, fuel etc) / to supply / fortified (with added material)
固若金汤 固若金湯 gù ruò jīn tāng lit. secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) / fig. well fortified / invulnerable to attack syn
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
山寨 shān zhài fortified hill village / mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) / (fig.) knockoff (goods) / counterfeit / imitation syn
条幅 條幅 tiáo fú wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy) / banner
承重 chéng zhòng (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc)
隔断 隔斷 gé duàn partition / to stand between / wall or fence serving as partition syn
挂历 掛曆 guà lì wall calendar
攻坚 攻堅 gōng jiān to assault a fortified position / (fig.) to concentrate one's efforts on a particularly difficult part of one's mission
万里长城 萬里長城 wàn lǐ cháng chéng the Great Wall syn
挂钟 掛鐘 guà zhōng wall clock
罗城 羅城 luó chéng a second wall built around a city wall
幕墙 幕牆 mù qiáng curtain wall (architecture)
土墙 土墻 earth wall
牌匾 pái biǎn board (attached to a wall) syn
墙根 牆根 qiáng gēn foot of a wall
抹灰 mǒ huī to plaster / to render (a wall) / (fig.) to bring shame on / also pr. [mo4 hui1] syn
据守 據守 jù shǒu to guard / to hold a fortified position / entrenched
细胞壁 細胞壁 xì bāo bì cell wall
发贴 發貼 fā tiē to stick sth up (on the wall) / to post (on a noticeboard or website)
墙面 牆面 qiáng miàn the surface of a wall (esp. an interior wall)
外墙 外牆 wài qiáng facade / external wall
塞外 sài wài (old) territories beyond the Great Wall syn
挂图 挂圖 guà tú wall chart
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
板砖 板磚 bǎn zhuān (dialect) wall brick
八达岭 八達嶺 bā dá lǐng Badaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination
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)
人墙 人牆 rén qiáng human barricade / (soccer) defensive 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
壁挂 壁掛 bì guà wall hanging
支原体 支原體 zhī yuán tǐ Mycoplasma (parasitic bacteria without cell wall)
蒙恬 méng tián Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall
壁灯 壁燈 bì dēng wall lamp / bracket light / CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
照壁 zhào bì a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy) syn
爬墙 爬牆 pá qiáng to climb a wall / (fig.) to be unfaithful
肠蠕动 腸蠕動 cháng rú dòng peristalsis (wave movement of gut wall)
城垣 chéng yuán city wall syn
城郭 chéng guō a city wall syn
腹壁 fù bì abdominal wall
隔离墙 隔離牆 gé lí qiáng separation barrier / barrier / Wall
居庸关 居庸關 jū yōng guān Juyongguan, frontier fortress on Great Wall north of Beijing, in Changping district 昌平區|昌平区[Chang1 ping2 qu1]
粉墙 粉牆 fěn qiáng whitewashed wall / to whitewash a wall
壁立 bì lì (of cliffs etc) stand like a wall / rise steeply syn
长城卡 長城卡 cháng chéng kǎ Great Wall Card (credit card issued by Bank of China)
墙报 牆報 qiáng bào wall newspaper syn
影壁 yǐng bì spirit wall (screen wall used to shield an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture) syn
侧壁 側壁 cè bì side wall
柏林墙 柏林牆 bó lín qiáng Berlin Wall
萧墙 蕭牆 xiāo qiáng (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture syn
墙 牆 qiáng wall (CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]) / (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆|被墙[bei4 qiang2]) syn
矮 ǎi (of a person) short / (of a wall etc) low / (of rank) inferior (to) / lower (than) syn
堵 dǔ to block up (a road, pipe etc) / to stop up (a hole) / (fig.) (of a person) choked up with anxiety or stress / wall (literary) / (classifier for walls) syn
砖 磚 zhuān brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn
壁 bì wall / rampart syn
郭 guō outer city wall
廉 lián incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old) syn
垣 yuán wall syn
壁龛 壁龕 bì kān niche (in a wall)
永定门 永定門 yǒng dìng mén Yongdingmen, front gate of the outer section of Beijing's old city wall, torn down in the 1950s and reconstructed in 2005
关税壁垒 關稅壁壘 guān shuì bì lěi tariff wall
壁报 壁報 bì bào wall newspaper syn
墙垣 牆垣 qiáng yuán wall / fence
不到长城非好汉 不到長城非好漢 bù dào cháng chéng fēi hǎo hàn lit. until you reach the Great Wall, you're not a proper person / fig. to get over difficulties before reaching the goal
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
壁毯 bì tǎn tapestry (used as a wall hanging)
壁垒森严 壁壘森嚴 bì lěi sēn yán closely guarded / strongly fortified / sharply divided syn
匾 biǎn horizontal rectangular inscribed tablet hung over a door or on a wall / shallow round woven bamboo basket syn
桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone
阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall
窬 yú hole in a wall
踰 yú variant of 逾, to exceed / to transcend / to cross over / variant of 窬, slit in wall
埤 pí low wall
铜墙铁壁 銅牆鐵壁 tóng qiáng tiě bì copper wall, iron bastion (idiom) / impenetrable defense syn
阛 闤 huán wall around a market place
向壁虚构 向壁虛構 xiàng bì xū gòu facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom) / baseless fabrication
向壁虚造 向壁虛造 xiàng bì xū zào facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom) / baseless fabrication
拆东补西 拆東補西 chāi dōng bǔ xī lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west (idiom) / fig. temporary expedient / Rob Peter to pay Paul
红杏出墙 紅杏出墻 hóng xìng chū qiáng lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom) / fig. a wife having an illicit lover
置之死地 zhì zhī sǐ dì to place sb on field of death / to confront with mortal danger / to give sb no way out / with one's back to the wall / looking death in the eye / part of idiom 置之死地而後生|置之死地而后生
狗急跳墙 狗急跳牆 gǒu jí tiào qiáng a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom) / to be driven to desperate action syn
引水入墙 引水入牆 yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng lit. to lead the water through the wall / to ask for trouble (idiom)
凿壁偷光 鑿壁偷光 záo bì tōu guāng lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom) / fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship
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
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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