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Usage of the character 牆

qiáng
[牆]
  • wall (CL:面 (miàn),堵 (dǔ))
  • (slang) to block (a website) (usu. in the passive: 被牆/被墙 (bèiqiáng))
fěnqiáng
粉墙
[粉牆]
  • whitewashed wall
  • to whitewash a wall
rénqiáng
人墙
[人牆]
  • human barricade; (soccer) defensive wall
xiōngqiáng
胸墙
[胸牆]
  • parapet
  • defensive wall
  • breastwork
fānqiáng
翻墙
[翻牆]
  • lit. to climb over the wall
  • fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China
chéngqiáng
城墙
[城牆]
  • city wall
qiángyuán
墙垣
[牆垣]
  • wall
  • fence
qiángjiǎo
墙角
[牆角]
  • corner (junction of two walls)
qiángbì
墙壁
[牆壁]
  • wall
qiánggēn
墙根
[牆根]
  • foot of a wall
qiángzhǐ
墙纸
[牆紙]
  • wallpaper
qiángbào
墙报
[牆報]
  • wall newspaper
wéiqiáng
围墙
[圍牆]
  • perimeter wall
  • fence
  • CL:道 (dào)
Kūqiáng
哭墙
[哭牆]
  • Wailing Wall, or Western Wall (Jerusalem)
bèiqiáng
被墙
[被牆]
  • (slang) (of a website) to get blocked
huǒqiáng
火墙
[火牆]
  • firewall
wàiqiáng
外墙
[外牆]
  • facade
  • external wall
qiángmiàn
墙面
[牆面]
  • the surface of a wall (esp. an interior wall)
húqiáng
糊墙
[糊牆]
  • to paper a wall
qíqiáng
骑墙
[騎牆]
  • to sit on the fence
  • to take both sides in a dispute
Xīqiáng
西墙
[西牆]
  • Western Wall, or Wailing Wall (Jerusalem)
shānqiáng
山墙
[山牆]
  • gable
xiāoqiáng
萧墙
[蕭牆]
  • (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture
nüqiáng
女墙
[女牆]
  • crenelated parapet wall
mùqiáng
幕墙
[幕牆]
  • curtain wall (architecture)
páqiáng
爬墙
[爬牆]
  • to climb a wall
  • (fig.) to be unfaithful
tīngqiánggēn
听墙根
[聽牆根]
  • to eavesdrop
  • to listen in secret to sb's conversations
húnshuǐqiáng
混水墙
[混水牆]
  • plastered masonry wall
kōngxīnqiáng
空心墙
[空心牆]
  • cavity wall
  • hollow wall
fótiàoqiáng
佛跳墙
[佛跳牆]
  • lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
qiánggālá
墙旮旯
[牆旮旯]
  • recess between walls
húqiángzhǐ
糊墙纸
[糊牆紙]
  • wallpaper
fánghuǒqiáng
防火墙
[防火牆]
  • firewall
  • CL:堵 (dǔ)
fùfèiqiáng
付费墙
[付費牆]
  • (computing) paywall (loanword)
Bólín Qiáng
柏林墙
[柏林牆]
  • Berlin Wall
qīngshuǐqiáng
清水墙
[清水牆]
  • unplastered masonry wall
Mínzhǔqiáng
民主墙
[民主牆]
  • Democracy Wall, Beijing (1978-1979), and bulletin boards inspired by it, in some Hong Kong universities
nü'érqiáng
女儿墙
[女兒牆]
  • crenelated parapet wall
qiángtóucǎo
墙头草
[牆頭草]
  • sb who goes whichever way the wind blows
  • sb with no mind of their own
  • easily swayed person
  • opportunist
wāqiángjiǎo
挖墙脚
[挖牆腳]
  • to undermine
  • to let someone down
  • to seduce someone away from something
dǎngfēngqiáng
挡风墙
[擋風牆]
  • lit. windbreak
  • fig. protector
qiángbǎnjù
墙板锯
[牆板鋸]
  • drywall saw
  • plasterboard saw
tīngqiánggēnr
听墙根儿
[聽牆根兒]
  • erhua variant of 聽牆根/听墙根 (tīngqiánggēn)
Bólín Wéiqiáng
柏林围墙
[柏林圍牆]
  • Berlin Wall
tóngqiángtiěbì
铜墙铁壁
[銅牆鐵壁]
  • copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
géqiángyǒu'ěr
隔墙有耳
[隔牆有耳]
  • the walls have ears (idiom)
yǐnshuǐrùqiáng
引水入墙
[引水入牆]
  • lit. to lead the water through the wall
  • to ask for trouble (idiom)
gǒujítiàoqiáng
狗急跳墙
[狗急跳牆]
  • a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom)
  • to be driven to desperate action
shígāoqiángbǎn
石膏墙板
[石膏牆板]
  • drywall
  • gypsum wallboard
  • plasterboard
fúdiāoqiángzhǐ
浮雕墙纸
[浮雕牆紙]
  • anaglypta (sculptured wallpaper)
xiōngdìxìqiáng
兄弟阋墙
[兄弟鬩牆]
  • internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
hóngxìngchūqiáng
红杏出墙
[紅杏出牆]
  • lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)
  • fig. a wife having an illicit lover
qiángdǎozhòngréntuī
墙倒众人推
[牆倒眾人推]
  • lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom)
  • fig. everybody hits a man who is down
chāidōngqiángbǔxīqiáng
拆东墙补西墙
[拆東牆補西牆]
  • lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom)
  • fig. to borrow from Peter to pay Paul
lànnífúbùshàngqiáng
烂泥扶不上墙
[爛泥扶不上牆]
  • useless (idiom)
  • worthless
  • inept
lànníhúbùshàngqiáng
烂泥糊不上墙
[爛泥糊不上牆]
  • see 爛泥扶不上牆/烂泥扶不上墙 (lànnífúbùshàngqiáng)
méiyǒubùtòufēngdeqiáng
没有不透风的墙
[沒有不透風的牆]
  • (idiom) no secret can be kept forever
bùzhuàngnánqiángbùhuítóu
不撞南墙不回头
[不撞南牆不回頭]
  • to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)