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1 Chibi county level city in Xianning 咸宁市, Hubei
2 Chibi or Red Cliff in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黄冈, Hubei, scene of the famous battle of Red Cliff of 208

隔壁

gé bì

1 next door
2 neighbor

壁画

bì huà

1 mural (painting)
2 fresco

Idioms (11)

向壁虚构

xiàng bì xū gòu

1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication

向壁虚造

xiàng bì xū zào

1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication

坚壁清野

jiān bì qīng yě

1 to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader
2 scorched earth policy

壁垒一新

bì lěi yī xīn

1 to have one's defenses in good order (idiom)

家徒四壁

jiā tú sì bì

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。

Tèlǎngpǔ shēngchēng ，liǎng guó màoyì bù pínghéng “dà dào nányǐzhìxìn ”，Měi fāng jiāng tánpàn xuējiǎn duì Rì màoyìnìchā bìng xiāochú màoyìbìlěi 。

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.

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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’。

yīnwèi Mòsuǒlǐní zài 《 déyì tóngméng tiáoyuē 》qiāndìng hòu bùjiǔ ，píngjià shuō ‘Bólín hé Luómǎ de chuízhíxiàn bùshì bìlěi ，érshì zhóuxīn ’。

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."

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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

zìgǔyǐlái ，Zhōngguó rén wǎngwǎng yòng jūnyíng de zhìxù lái guānchá yī Zhī jūnduì de zhànbèi nénglì ，gǔ yǒu Xìliúyíng jīn yǒu Zhūrìhé tóngyàng bìlěisēnyán ，tóngyàng wòhǔcánglóng

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.

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