骑墙
qí qiáng
Pinyin

Definition

骑墙
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qí qiáng
  1. to sit on the fence
  2. to take both sides in a dispute

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

墙
qiáng
  1. 1 wall
  2. 2 CL:面[miàn],堵[dǔ]
骑
jì
  1. 1 (Tw) saddle horse
  2. 2 mounted soldier
骑士
qí shì
  1. 1 horseman
  2. 2 cavalryman
  3. 3 knight (i.e. European nobility)
  4. 4 (Tw) bike rider (scooter, bicycle etc)
佛跳墙
fó tiào qiáng
  1. 1 lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
围墙
wéi qiáng
  1. 1 perimeter wall
  2. 2 fence
  3. 3 CL:道[dào]
坐骑
zuò qí
  1. 1 saddle horse
  2. 2 mount
城墙
chéng qiáng
  1. 1 city wall
外墙
wài qiáng
  1. 1 facade
  2. 2 external wall
爬墙
pá qiáng
  1. 1 to climb a wall
  2. 2 (fig.) to be unfaithful
墙壁
qiáng bì
  1. 1 wall
墙纸
qiáng zhǐ
  1. 1 wallpaper
墙角
qiáng jiǎo
  1. 1 corner (junction of two walls)
红杏出墙
hóng xìng chū qiáng
  1. 1 lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a wife having an illicit lover
翻墙
fān qiáng
  1. 1 lit. to climb over the wall
  2. 2 fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China
骑兵
qí bīng
  1. 1 cavalry
骑车
qí chē
  1. 1 to cycle
骑马
qí mǎ
  1. 1 to ride a horse
人墙
rén qiáng
  1. 1 wall (soccer)
势成骑虎
shì chéng qí hǔ
  1. 1 if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
哭墙
Kū qiáng
  1. 1 Wailing Wall, or Western Wall (Jerusalem)

Idioms (15)

不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
  1. 1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
兄弟阋墙
xiōng dì xì qiáng
  1. 1 internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
势成骑虎
shì chéng qí hǔ
  1. 1 if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
引水入墙
yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the water through the wall
  2. 2 to ask for trouble (idiom)
拆东墙补西墙
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng
  1. 1 lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
  2. 2 Rob Peter to pay Paul
没有不透风的墙
méi yǒu bù tòu fēng de qiáng
  1. 1 (idiom) no secret can be kept forever
烂泥扶不上墙
làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng
  1. 1 useless (idiom)
  2. 2 worthless
  3. 3 inept
狗急跳墙
gǒu jí tiào qiáng
  1. 1 a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom)
  2. 2 to be driven to desperate action
红杏出墙
hóng xìng chū qiáng
  1. 1 lit. the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a wife having an illicit lover
铜墙铁壁
tóng qiáng tiě bì
  1. 1 copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
隔墙有耳
gé qiáng yǒu ěr
  1. 1 the walls have ears (idiom)
香轮宝骑
xiāng lún bǎo qí
  1. 1 magnificent carriage and precious horses (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle
  2. 2 ostentatious display of luxury
骑虎难下
qí hǔ nán xià
  1. 1 if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfway
骑驴找驴
qí lu:2 zhǎo lu:2
  1. 1 lit. to search for the mule while riding on it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to look for what one already has
骑鹤上扬州
qí hè shàng Yáng zhōu
  1. 1 lit. to ride a crane to Yangzhou (idiom); to get an official position

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