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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

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。

qícì ànzhào shēngxiào lái qǐmíng ，shí èr shēngxiào wèi ，shǔ niú hǔ tù lóng shé mǎ yáng hóu jī gǒu zhū ，lǐmiàn yǒu shēnghuó zài sēnlín cǎodì de dòngwù ，yǒu shēnghuó zài shānyán qiàobì de dòngwù 。

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.

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