戈壁
Gē bì
Pinyin

Definition

戈壁
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Gē bì
  1. Gobi (desert)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

壁
bì
  1. 1 wall
  2. 2 rampart
壁纸
bì zhǐ
  1. 1 wallpaper
赤壁
Chì bì
  1. 1 Chibi county level city in Xianning 咸宁市, Hubei
  2. 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. 1 next door
  2. 2 neighbor
壁灯
bì dēng
  1. 1 wall lamp
  2. 2 bracket light
  3. 3 classifier: 盏 zhǎn

Idioms (17)

兵戈扰攘
bīng gē rǎo rǎng
  1. 1 arms and confusion (idiom); turmoil of war
化干戈为玉帛
huà gān gē wéi yù bó
  1. 1 lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to turn hostility into friendship
同室操戈
tóng shì cāo gē
  1. 1 wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife
向壁虚构
xiàng bì xū gòu
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
向壁虚造
xiàng bì xū zào
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication

Sample Sentences

最近雨水少，气候干燥。而且，我们这边靠近蒙古南部的戈壁地区，所以到了春末夏初，经常会有沙尘天气，有时还会有沙尘暴呢。
zuìjìn yǔ shuǐ shǎo ，qìhòu gānzào 。érqiě ，wǒmen zhèbiān kàojìn Ménggǔ nánbù de gēbì dìqū ，suǒyǐ dào le chūn mò xià chū ，jīngcháng huì yǒu shāchén tiānqì ，yǒushí hái huì yǒu shāchénbào ne 。
These days there isn't much rainfall and the climate is dry. Also, up here, we're right against the area of the Gobi Desert in the southern part of Mongolia, so at the end of spring and beginning of summer, there's often sand dust in the air. Sometimes there are even sandstorms.
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