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


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