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half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory
copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
Houbi, a district in Tainan 台南, Taiwan
gecko; house lizard
to hit a wall / (fig.) to hit a brick wall; to hit a snag; to have the door slammed in one's face
cliff / steep / precipice
wallpaper
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wall / rampart
wall effect
lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom) / fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship
fireplace
to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader / scorched earth policy
tapestry (used as a wall hanging)
lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins
mural (painting) / fresco
HSK 7-9
cell wall
lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins
next door / neighbor
HSK 5
trade barrier
escarpment / precipice / cliff
Gobi Desert
sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
see 一壁
side wall
to have one's defenses in good order (idiom)
ledge
lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins
Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
wall newspaper
next-door neighbor
(idiom) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces
a built-in wardrobe or cupboard / closet
Red Cliffs, historic battlefield in Huangzhou District 黃州區|黄州区, Huanggang 黃岡市|黄冈市, Hubei, site of the Battle of Red Cliffs in 208 AD / see 赤壁市
wall hanging
(slang) to kabedon; to corner (sb in whom one has a romantic interest) against a wall (loanword from Japanese ドン "kabedon")
tick / bedbug
small fortress; fortified compound
wall
HSK 5
Gobi desert
(of cliffs etc) stand like a wall / rise steeply
lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins
to face the wall / to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism) / (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc
Gobi (desert)
HSK 7-9
closely guarded / strongly fortified / sharply divided
lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) / fig. very poor / wretched
high-speed blender
tariff wall
steep cliff / precipice / vertical slope
help / assistant
jai alai (sports)
Hutubi county in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州, Xinjiang
lateral / side / to the side / beside
barren sands of the Gobi desert
wooden partition
abdominal wall
Hutubi county in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州, Xinjiang
dilapidated wall / to break through a wall / (fig.) to break through / (biotechnology) to disrupt cell walls / cell disruption
Hebi, prefecture-level city in Henan Province 河南省
wall of the uterus
to cache; to hide supplies (from the enemy)
a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy)
squash (sport)
at the same time; simultaneously; while
rampart / barrier
(idiom) (of a cliff, mountain etc) steep; lofty; imposing
Little Red Cliff, nickname of Bitan 碧潭, Xindian, Taibei county, Taiwan
Epicurus (341-270 BC), ancient Greek philosopher
(bird species of China) wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)
Chibi, a county-level city in Xianning City 咸寧市|咸宁市, Hubei
Mr Wang from next door (term used jocularly to refer to a neighbor who is supposedly sleeping with one's wife)
wall lamp / bracket light / CL: 盞|盏
spirit wall (screen wall used to shield an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture)
lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins
wall of intestine / lining of gut
to face the wall and ponder about one's misdeeds / to stand in the corner (punishment) / (fig.) to examine one's conscience
persistent mold on the wall / efflorescence
niche (in a wall)
walls have ears
integument (biology)
lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins
precipice
barrier
cavity wall
to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting
to depend on others
four bare walls
next door / partition wall
wall plug / screw anchor
to leap onto roofs and vault over walls (usually associated with martial arts)
facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication


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