照壁
zhào bì
Pinyin

Definition

照壁
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zhào bì
  1. a screen wall across the gate of a house (for privacy)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

壁纸
bì zhǐ
  1. 1 wallpaper
照
zhào
  1. 1 variant of 照[zhào]
  2. 2 to shine
  3. 3 to illuminate
照片
zhào piàn
  1. 1 photograph
  2. 2 picture
  3. 3 CL:張|张[zhāng],套[tào],幅[fú]
照顾
zhào gu
  1. 1 to take care of
  2. 2 to show consideration
  3. 3 to attend to
  4. 4 to look after
剧照
jù zhào
  1. 1 photo taken during a theatrical production
  2. 2 a still (from a movie)
合照
hé zhào
  1. 1 to pose for a photo
壁
bì
  1. 1 wall
  2. 2 rampart
壁画
bì huà
  1. 1 mural (painting)
  2. 2 fresco
壁虎
bì hǔ
  1. 1 gecko
  2. 2 house lizard
写照
xiě zhào
  1. 1 portrayal
拍照
pāi zhào
  1. 1 to take a picture
按照
àn zhào
  1. 1 according to
  2. 2 in accordance with
  3. 3 in the light of
  4. 4 on the basis of
日照
Rì zhào
  1. 1 Rizhao prefecture level city in Shandong
普照
pǔ zhào
  1. 1 (of the sunlight) to bathe all things
  2. 2 to shine gloriously
照亮
zhào liàng
  1. 1 to illuminate
  2. 2 to light up
  3. 3 lighting
照射
zhào shè
  1. 1 to shine on
  2. 2 to light up
  3. 3 to irradiate
照常
zhào cháng
  1. 1 as usual
照明
zhào míng
  1. 1 lighting
  2. 2 illumination
照样
zhào yàng
  1. 1 as before
  2. 2 (same) as usual
  3. 3 in the same manner
  4. 4 still
  5. 5 nevertheless
照相
zhào xiàng
  1. 1 to take a photograph

Idioms (17)

予以照顾
yǔ yǐ zhào gù
  1. 1 to ask sb to carefully consider a request (idiom)
向壁虚构
xiàng bì xū gòu
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向壁虚造
xiàng bì xū zào
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
坚壁清野
jiān bì qīng yě
  1. 1 to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader
  2. 2 scorched earth policy
壁垒一新
bì lěi yī xīn
  1. 1 to have one's defenses in good order (idiom)
家徒四壁
jiā tú sì bì
  1. 1 lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. very poor
  3. 3 wretched
悬崖峭壁
xuán yá qiào bì
  1. 1 sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
悬崖绝壁
xuán yá jué bì
  1. 1 sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
残垣断壁
cán yuán duàn bì
  1. 1 crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)
照葫芦画瓢
zhào hú lu huà piáo
  1. 1 lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to copy slavishly
照猫画虎
zhào māo huà hǔ
  1. 1 lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject
  2. 2 uninspired imitation
福星高照
fú xīng gāo zhào
  1. 1 lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign
肝胆相照
gān dǎn xiāng zhào
  1. 1 to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion
铜墙铁壁
tóng qiáng tiě bì
  1. 1 copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
凿壁偷光
záo bì tōu guāng
  1. 1 lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship
阳光普照
yáng guāng pǔ zhào
  1. 1 (idiom) sunlight shines over all things
  2. 2 drenched in sunlight
颓垣断壁
tuí yuán duàn bì
  1. 1 crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)

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