墙 | qiáng | wall; CL:面,堵 |
墙角 | qiáng jiǎo | corner (junction of two walls) |
围墙 | wéi qiáng | enclosure; CL:道 |
城墙 | chéng qiáng | city wall |
墙根 | qiáng gēn | foot of a wall |
火墙 | huǒ qiáng | firewall |
清水墙 | qīng shuǐ qiáng | unplastered masonry wall |
墙壁 | qiáng bì | wall |
不撞南墙不回头 | bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu | to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom) |
佛跳墙 | fó tiào qiáng | lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients |
兄弟阋墙 | xiōng dì xì qiáng | internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself |
哭墙 | Kū qiáng | Wailing Wall, or Western Wall (Jerusalem) |
外墙 | wài qiáng | facade; external wall |
女儿墙 | nǚ ér qiáng | crenelated parapet wall |
女墙 | nǚ qiáng | crenelated parapet wall |
引水入墙 | yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng | lit. to lead the water through the wall; to ask for trouble (idiom) |
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 |
挖墙脚 | wā qiáng jiǎo | to undermine; to let someone down; to seduce someone away from something |
挡风墙 | dǎng fēng qiáng | lit. windbreak; fig. protector |
柏林围墙 | Bó lín Wéi qiáng | Berlin Wall |
柏林墙 | Bó lín Qiáng | Berlin Wall |
民主墙 | mín zhǔ qiáng | Democracy Wall (1978-1989), esp. during the Beijing Spring democracy movement |
浮雕墙纸 | fú diāo qiáng zhǐ | anaglypta (sculptured wallpaper) |
混水墙 | hún shuǐ qiáng | plastered masonry wall |
爬墙 | pá qiáng | wall climbing |
墙垣 | qiáng yuán | wall; fence |
墙报 | qiáng bào | wall newspaper |
墙旮旯 | qiáng gā lá | recess between walls |
墙纸 | qiáng zhǐ | wallpaper |
石膏墙板 | shí gāo qiáng bǎn | drywall; gypsum wallboard; plasterboard |
空心墙 | kōng xīn qiáng | cavity wall; hollow wall |
窬墙窥视 | yú qiáng kuī shì | to spy on sb through a peephole (idiom) |
筑土墙 | zhù tǔ qiáng | a wall of rammed earth |
红杏出墙 | hóng xìng chū qiáng | lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall; a wife having an illicit lover (idiom) |
翻墙 | fān qiáng | lit. to climb over the wall; fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China |
听墙根 | tīng qiáng gēn | to eavesdrop; to listen in secret to sb's conversations |
听墙根儿 | tīng qiáng gēnr | erhua variant of 听墙根, to eavesdrop; to listen in secret to sb's conversations |
听墙面 | tīng qiáng miàn | surface of wall |
胸墙 | xiōng qiáng | parapet; defensive wall; breastwork |
西墙 | Xī qiáng | Western Wall, or Wailing Wall (Jerusalem) |
铜墙铁壁 | tóng qiáng tiě bì | copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense |
防火墙 | fáng huǒ qiáng | firewall; CL:堵 |
骑墙 | qí qiáng | to sit on the fence; to take both sides in a dispute |