"墙" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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墙
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(Bushou)		 土
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Decomp. 土土丷囗口
土 + 啬
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墙 qiáng wall / CL:面[mian4],堵[du3]
Results beginning with 墙
墙壁 qiáng bì wall
墙角 qiáng jiǎo corner (junction of two walls)
墙纸 qiáng zhǐ wallpaper
墙根 qiáng gēn foot of a wall
墙报 qiáng bào wall newspaper
墙垣 qiáng yuán wall / fence
墙速 qiáng sù wall speed / peripheral speed
墙头草 qiáng tóu cǎo sb who goes whichever way the wind blows / sb with no mind of their own / easily swayed person / opportunist
墙板锯 qiáng bǎn jù drywall saw / plasterboard saw
墙旮旯 qiáng gā lá recess between walls
墙倒众人推 qiáng dǎo zhòng rén tuī lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom) / fig. everybody hits a man who is down
Approximate Results for 墙
城墙 chéng qiáng city wall
围墙 wéi qiáng perimeter wall / fence / CL:道[dao4]
外墙 wài qiáng facade / external wall
幕墙 mù qiáng curtain wall (architecture)
人墙 rén qiáng wall (soccer)
火墙 huǒ qiáng firewall
土墙  earth wall
爬墙 pá qiáng to climb a wall / (fig.) to be unfaithful
粉墙 fěn qiáng whitewashed wall / to whitewash a wall
山墙 shān qiáng gable
护墙 hù qiáng revetment
萧墙 xiāo qiáng (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture
骑墙 qí qiáng to sit on the fence / to take both sides in a dispute
翻墙 fān qiáng lit. to climb over the wall / fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China
糊墙 hú qiáng to paper a wall
哭墙 Kū qiáng Wailing Wall, or Western Wall (Jerusalem)
绿墙 lu:4 qiáng green wall / biowall
女墙 nu:3 qiáng crenelated parapet wall
胸墙 xiōng qiáng parapet / defensive wall / breastwork
西墙 Xī qiáng Western Wall, or Wailing Wall (Jerusalem)
岩墙 yán qiáng dyke / dike
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防火墙 fáng huǒ qiáng firewall / CL:堵[du3]
隔离墙 gé lí qiáng separation barrier / barrier / Wall
柏林墙 Bó lín Qiáng Berlin Wall
挖墙脚 wā qiáng jiǎo to undermine / to let someone down / to seduce someone away from something
哈桑墙  Hassan's wall
防爆墙  blast wall
挡风墙 dǎng fēng qiáng lit. windbreak / fig. protector
佛跳墙 fó tiào qiáng lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
付费墙 fù fèi qiáng (computing) paywall (loanword)
混水墙 hún shuǐ qiáng plastered masonry wall
糊墙纸 hú qiáng zhǐ wallpaper
空心墙 kōng xīn qiáng cavity wall / hollow wall
民主墙 mín zhǔ qiáng Democracy Wall (1978-1989), esp. during the Beijing Spring democracy movement
女儿墙 nu:3 ér qiáng crenelated parapet wall
清水墙 qīng shuǐ qiáng unplastered masonry wall
听墙根 tīng qiáng gēn to eavesdrop / to listen in secret to sb's conversations
听墙面 tīng qiáng miàn surface of wall
筑土墙 zhù tǔ qiáng a wall of rammed earth
兄弟阋墙 xiōng dì xì qiáng internecine strife (idiom) / fighting among oneself
狗急跳墙 gǒu jí tiào qiáng a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom) / to be driven to desperate action
红杏出墙 hóng xìng chū qiáng lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom) / fig. a wife having an illicit lover
铜墙铁壁 tóng qiáng tiě bì copper wall, iron bastion (idiom) / impenetrable defense
引水入墙 yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng lit. to lead the water through the wall / to ask for trouble (idiom)
软墙宿舍  soft-walled camp / soft-walled accommodation / semi-rigid structure
硬墙宿舍  hard-walled camp / hard-walled module / rigid structure
沙袋护墙  sandbag wall
柏林围墙 Bó lín Wéi qiáng Berlin Wall
浮雕墙纸 fú diāo qiáng zhǐ anaglypta (sculptured wallpaper)
隔墙有耳 gé qiáng yǒu ěr the walls have ears (idiom)
软墙结构 ruǎn qiáng jié gòu softwall structure
软墙营房 ruǎn qiáng yíng fáng soft-walled camp / soft-walled accommodation / semi-rigid structure
石膏墙板 shí gāo qiáng bǎn drywall / gypsum wallboard / plasterboard
听墙根儿 tīng qiáng gēn r erhua variant of 聽牆根|听墙根[ting1 qiang2 gen1]
岩墙组合 yán qiáng zǔ hé dyke complex
硬墙营房 yìng qiáng yíng fáng hard-walled camp / hard-walled module / rigid structure
窬墙窥视 yú qiáng kuī shì to spy on sb through a peephole (idiom)
T形防御墙 Txíng fáng yù qiáng T-wall
U形防御墙 Uxíng fáng yù qiáng U-wall
纵深隔离墙  depth barrier / forward barrier
拆东墙补西墙 chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom) / fig. temporary expedient / rob Peter to pay Paul
烂泥扶不上墙 làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng useless (idiom) / worthless / inept
烂泥糊不上墙 làn ní hú bù shàng qiáng see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙[lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2]
预制硬墙建筑 yù zhì yìng qiáng jiàn zhù prefabricated hardwall building
撒哈拉绿墙倡议  Green Wall for the Sahara Initiative
不撞南墙不回头 bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
反对隔离墙运动 fǎn duì gé lí qiáng yùn dòng Stop the Wall
没有不透风的墙 méi yǒu bù tòu fēng de qiáng (idiom) no secret can be kept forever
耶路撒冷段隔离墙  Jerusalem Envelope
兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮 xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
反对隔离墙和定居点人民委员会  Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement
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