壁立千仞

Traditional form:

壁立千仞

Pinyin (reading):

bìlìqiānrèn

Definitions:

• (idiom) (of a cliff, mountain etc) steep; lofty; imposing

Characters:

• 壁 - partition, wall; rampart
• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up
• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 仞 - ancient unit of measure (about 8 feet); a fathom

Traditional characters:

• 壁 - partition, wall; rampart
• 立 - to stand; to establish, to set up
• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 仞 - ancient unit of measure (about 8 feet); a fathom