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墙纸 (牆紙)

qiáng zhǐ

Pinyin

Definition

墙纸 (牆紙)

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qiáng zhǐ

wallpaper

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

报纸

bào zhǐ

1 newspaper
2 newsprint
3 classifier: 份 fèn
4 classifier: 期 qī
5 classifier: 张 zhāng

壁纸

bì zhǐ

1 wallpaper

妹纸

mèi zhǐ

1 (Internet slang) (pun on 妹子[mèi zi])

墙

qiáng

1 wall
2 classifier: 面 miàn
3 classifier: 堵 dǔ

纸

zhǐ

1 paper
2 classifier: 张 zhāng
3 classifier: 沓 dá
4 classifier for documents, letter etc

Idioms (17)

一纸空文

yī zhǐ kōng wén

1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)

不撞南墙不回头

bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu

1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)

兄弟阋墙

xiōng dì xì qiáng

1 internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself

引水入墙

yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng

1 lit. to lead the water through the wall
2 to ask for trouble (idiom)

拆东墙补西墙

chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng

1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
2 Rob Peter to pay Paul

Sample Sentences

但是，涂料的质感和墙纸不一样，用墙纸的话以后清洁起来也方便。

dànshì ，túliào de zhìgǎn hé qiángzhǐ bù yīyàng ，yòng qiángzhǐ dehuà yǐhòu qīngjié qǐlái yě fāngbiàn 。

But, the texture of paint isn't the same as wallpaper. If we use wallpaper it'll be easier to clean.

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你看看，怎么是暗红色，我要铺那种淡黄色有花纹的墙纸。

nǐ kàn kan ，zěnme shì àn hóngsè ，wǒ yào pū nà zhǒng dàn huángsè yǒu huāwén de qiángzhǐ 。

Look. How come it's dark red? I wanted to use that light yellow, patterned kind of wallpaper.

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