"Fence" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wéi qiáng perimeter wall / fence / CL:道[dao4]
 zhà lán fence
 wéi lán fencing / railings / fence
 lí ba fence (esp. of bamboo or wood railings)
 fān lí hedge / fence / (fig.) barrier
 qiáng yuán wall / fence
 zhú lí bā fence
 lán fence / railing / hurdle / column or box (of text or other data)
 fān fence / hedge / screen / barrier / vassal state / Taiwan pr. [fan2]
 zhà fence / also pr. [shan1]
 lí a fence
 fán cage / fence
 bā an article made of bamboo strips / fence
 jiàn fence / palisade
 wéi lí fence / paling
 lán jiàn railing / fence / banisters
 zhà lí hedge / fence
 lí yuán fence / hedge
 fēn cè volume (one of a series) / fascicule
 gé duàn partition / to stand between / wall or fence serving as partition
 fān zhèn lit. fence town / buffer region (between enemies) / Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 節度使|节度使[jie2 du4 shi3]
 wéi wǎng seine net / wire mesh fence / fence screen
 qí qiáng to sit on the fence / to take both sides in a dispute
 zuò guān chéng bài to sit and await success or failure (idiom) / to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides / to sit on the fence
 yáng chù fān lí lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经) / impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
 dī yáng chù fān lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經|易经) / impossible to advance or to retreat / without any way out of a dilemma / trapped / in an impossible situation
 zhè shān wàng zhe nà shān gāo lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom) / fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
 lí ba (n) bamboo fence
 wéi qǐ to surround / to encircle / to enclose / to fence in
 zhà zi bamboo fence
 zhà tiáo paling / fence rail
  technical fence
 liàn shì wéi lán chainlink fence
  fence diagram
 shě de yī shēn guǎ , gǎn bǎ huáng dì lā xià mǎ one who does not fear the death of thousand cuts will dare to unhorse the emperor (proverb) / to a fearless person, no fence is high enough
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