壁
bì
Pinyin
Definition
壁
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- wall
- rampart
Character Decomposition
Idioms (11)
向壁虚构
- 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向壁虚造
- 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
坚壁清野
- 1 to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader
- 2 scorched earth policy
壁垒一新
- 1 to have one's defenses in good order (idiom)
家徒四壁
- 1 lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)
- 2 fig. very poor
- 3 wretched
Sample Sentences
特朗普声称，两国贸易不平衡“大到难以置信”，美方将谈判削减对日贸易逆差并消除贸易壁垒。
Trump claims that the trade imbalance between the two countries is "unbelievable" and the US will negotiate to cut the trade deficit with Japan and eliminate trade barriers.
脱巾挂石壁，
Refers to the poet's removal of his headscarf in the forest (to be unrestrained)
因为墨索里尼在《德意同盟条约》签定后不久，评价说‘柏林和罗马的垂直线不是壁垒，而是轴心’。
Soon after Mussolini signed a German-Italy treaty, he declared that "this vertical line between Rome and Berlin is not a dividing-line, but rather an axis."
自古以来，中国人往往用军营的秩序来观察一支军队的战备能力，古有细柳营今有朱日和同样壁垒森严，同样卧虎藏龙
From ancient times, Chinese people have used the order of battle camps to observe a troops readiness for battle. As in the olden days there was the Xiliu Camp, now there is Zhurihe, both strongly fortified, both conceal hidden talents.
宋代文学家苏轼的《念奴娇》一词为宋词豪放派的代表作之一，又名《赤壁怀古》。上阙因景生情，从江水滔滔流去联想到消逝在历史长河中的英雄人物，人说赤壁为三国时代古战场，当年周公瑾在此，以弱胜强，击退曹魏，确立三国鼎立之势。
Song Dynasty literati Su Shi's ci poem 'The Charm of the Courtesan Niannu' is representative of the bold and unconstrained ci faction, and is also called 'Recalling the Past on the Red Cliffs'. The first section uses the landscape to set the tone, from the gurgling flow of the river we think of the historical figures who have disappeared in the river of time. It is said that the red cliffs were the site of an ancient battle during the Three Kingdoms Period. At that time Zhou Yu triumphed from a position of weakness here, forcing the Cao Wei to retreat and ensuring the continuance of the triumvirate states.
大江东去，浪淘尽，千古风流人物。故垒西边，人道是，三国周郎赤壁。乱石崩云，惊涛裂岸，卷起千堆雪。江山如画，一时多少豪杰。
The vast Yangtze gushes endlessly eastwards, who knows how many heroes have been dashed away by its flow. Westwards of the old camp, people say are the red cliffs were Zhou Yu defeated Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms Period. There, the ragged cliffs tower into the clouds, the terrifying waves seem to want to tear at the river banks, stirring up snow-white surf in the tens of thousands. The beautiful rivers and mountains are like a painting; but how many heroic figures have been born amid them?
你看！！这个男主角真的帅到掉渣，我好想被他壁咚！
Look!!! This lead actor is insanely sexy, I would love to be shoved up against a wall by him.
想壁咚她吗？你这个变态！你不知道人帅真好，人丑性骚扰吗？
shove her against a wall? You pervert! Haven't you heard the expression - if you're good looking it's okay, if you're not, it's sexual harassment.
其次按照生肖来起名，十二生肖为，鼠牛虎兔龙蛇马羊猴鸡狗猪，里面有生活在森林草地的动物，有生活在山岩峭壁的动物。
Then you name them using the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. The twelve animals are, the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the rooster, the dog and the pig. Among them all there are those that live in the forest, those that live in the meadows and those that live in among the mountains.
不说了，明天普渡记得帮我把我们买的东西都搬下去拜拜。隔壁王婆婆最近腰受伤，我得去帮他去。
OK, let's not talk about it, remember to put the stuff we bought out for sacrifice tomorrow for Ghost Festival. Mrs Wang from next door hurt her hip recently, so I have to go and help her.