碰壁 - to hit a wall, (fig.) to hit a brick wall, to hit a snag, to have the door slammed in one's face - pèng bì | Definition | ChinesePod.com

碰壁

pèng bì

Pinyin

Definition

碰壁

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pèng bì

to hit a wall
(fig.) to hit a brick wall
to hit a snag
to have the door slammed in one's face

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bì

1 wall
2 rampart

bì zhǐ

1 wallpaper

pèng

1 variant: 碰 pèng

pèng shàng

1 to run into
2 to come upon
3 to meet

pèng dào

1 to come across
2 to run into
3 to meet
4 to hit

Idioms (13)

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