墙壁 牆壁 qiáng bì wall syn 空虚 空虛 kōng xū hollow / emptiness / meaningless 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 华而不实 華而不實 huá ér bù shí flower but no fruit (idiom) / handsome exterior but hollow inside / flashy syn 夹层 夾層 jiā céng hollow layer between two solid layers / (architecture) mezzanine 掌心 zhǎng xīn hollow of the palm syn 空空如也 kōng kōng rú yě as empty as anything (idiom) / completely bereft / to have nothing / vacuous / hollow / empty (argument, head etc) syn 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 凹陷 āo xiàn to cave in / hollow / sunken / depressed 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 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 中空 zhōng kōng hollow / empty interior 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 虚空 虛空 xū kōng void / hollow / empty syn 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 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) 空心 kōng xīn hollow / (of vegetables) to become hollow or spongy inside / (of a basketball) to swish through (not touching the hoop) syn 外墙 外牆 wài qiáng facade / external wall 塞外 sài wài (old) territories beyond the Great Wall syn 乳沟 乳溝 rǔ gōu cleavage (hollow between a woman's breasts) 干笑 乾笑 gān xiào to give a hollow laugh / to force a smile / forced laugh / CL:聲|声[sheng1] 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) 挖空 wā kōng to excavate / to hollow 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 窝 窩 wō nest / pit or hollow on the human body / lair / den / place / to harbor or shelter / to hold in check / to bend / classifier for litters and broods syn 浮 fú to float / superficial / floating / unstable / movable / provisional / temporary / transient / impetuous / hollow / inflated / to exceed / superfluous / excessive / surplus syn 砖 磚 zhuān brick / tile (floor or wall, not roof) / CL:塊|块[kuai4] syn 膛 táng (bound form) hollow space 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) 坳 ào depression / cavity / hollow / Taiwan pr. [ao1] syn 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 空心球 kōng xīn qiú hollow ball / (basketball) swish shot 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 六腑 liù fǔ (TCM) the six hollow organs: gallbladder 膽|胆[dan3], stomach 胃[wei4], large intestine 大腸|大肠[da4chang2], small intestine 小腸|小肠[xiao3chang2], triple heater 三焦[san1jiao1], bladder 膀胱[pang2guang1] syn 壁毯 bì tǎn tapestry (used as a wall hanging) 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 芤 kōu hollow / scallion stalk 枵 xiāo (archaic) hollow of a tree / (literary) empty / hollow 墉 yōng fortified wall / city wall syn 窬 yú hole in a wall 踰 yú variant of 逾, to exceed / to transcend / to cross over / variant of 窬, slit in wall 