萧墙
xiāo qiáng
Pinyin

Definition

萧墙
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xiāo qiáng
  1. (literary) screen wall shielding an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

墙
qiáng
  1. 1 wall
  2. 2 CL:面[miàn],堵[dǔ]
佛跳墙
fó tiào qiáng
  1. 1 lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
围墙
wéi qiáng
  1. 1 perimeter wall
  2. 2 fence
  3. 3 CL:道[dào]
城墙
chéng qiáng
  1. 1 city wall
外墙
wài qiáng
  1. 1 facade
  2. 2 external wall
爬墙
pá qiáng
  1. 1 to climb a wall
  2. 2 (fig.) to be unfaithful
墙壁
qiáng bì
  1. 1 wall
墙纸
qiáng zhǐ
  1. 1 wallpaper
墙角
qiáng jiǎo
  1. 1 corner (junction of two walls)
红杏出墙
hóng xìng chū qiáng
  1. 1 lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a wife having an illicit lover
翻墙
fān qiáng
  1. 1 lit. to climb over the wall
  2. 2 fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China
萧
Xiāo
  1. 1 surname Xiao
萧山
Xiāo shān
  1. 1 Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang
萧山区
Xiāo shān qū
  1. 1 Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang
萧条
xiāo tiáo
  1. 1 bleak
  2. 2 desolate
  3. 3 (economic) depression or slump
萧瑟
xiāo sè
  1. 1 to rustle in the air
  2. 2 to rustle
  3. 3 to sough
  4. 4 bleak
  5. 5 desolate
  6. 6 chilly
防火墙
fáng huǒ qiáng
  1. 1 firewall
  2. 2 CL:堵[dǔ]
人墙
rén qiáng
  1. 1 wall (soccer)
哭墙
Kū qiáng
  1. 1 Wailing Wall, or Western Wall (Jerusalem)
山墙
shān qiáng
  1. 1 gable

Idioms (12)

不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
  1. 1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
兄弟阋墙
xiōng dì xì qiáng
  1. 1 internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
引水入墙
yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the water through the wall
  2. 2 to ask for trouble (idiom)
成也萧何，败也萧何
chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé
  1. 1 lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Hán Xìn] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[dà jiāng jūn]
  2. 2 fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
拆东墙补西墙
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
没有不透风的墙
méi yǒu bù tòu fēng de qiáng
  1. 1 (idiom) no secret can be kept forever
烂泥扶不上墙
làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng
  1. 1 useless (idiom)
  2. 2 worthless
  3. 3 inept
狗急跳墙
gǒu jí tiào qiáng
  1. 1 a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom)
  2. 2 to be driven to desperate action
红杏出墙
hóng xìng chū qiáng
  1. 1 lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a wife having an illicit lover
萧规曹随
Xiāo guī Cáo suí
  1. 1 lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiāo Hé] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cáo Cān] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor
  3. 3 to follow precedent
铜墙铁壁
tóng qiáng tiě bì
  1. 1 copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
隔墙有耳
gé qiáng yǒu ěr
  1. 1 the walls have ears (idiom)

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