wéi qiáng
perimeter wall
fence
CL:道[dao4]
qiáng jiǎo
corner (junction of two walls)
pá qiáng
to climb a wall
(fig.) to be unfaithful
fān qiáng
lit. to climb over the wall
fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China
tóng qiáng tiě bì
copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
fó tiào qiáng
lit. Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients
Kū qiáng
Wailing Wall, or Western Wall (Jerusalem)
Xī qiáng
Western Wall, or Wailing Wall (Jerusalem)
wā qiáng jiǎo
to undermine
to let someone down
to seduce someone away from something
qí qiáng
to sit on the fence
to take both sides in a dispute
chāi dōng qiáng bǔ xī qiáng
lit. pull down the east wall to repair the west wall (idiom); fig. temporary expedient
Rob Peter to pay Paul
mín zhǔ qiáng
Democracy Wall (1978-1989), esp. during the Beijing Spring democracy movement
xiōng dì xì qiáng
internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
dǎng fēng qiáng
lit. windbreak
fig. protector
xiōng qiáng
parapet
defensive wall
breastwork
shí gāo qiáng bǎn
drywall
gypsum wallboard
plasterboard
tīng qiáng gēn
to eavesdrop
to listen in secret to sb's conversations
fú diāo qiáng zhǐ
anaglypta (sculptured wallpaper)
yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng
lit. to lead the water through the wall
to ask for trouble (idiom)
tīng qiáng gēn r
erhua variant of 聽牆根|听墙根[ting1 qiang2 gen1]
yú qiáng kuī shì
to spy on sb through a peephole (idiom)
gǒu jí tiào qiáng
a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom)
to be driven to desperate action
qiáng tóu cǎo
sb who goes whichever way the wind blows
sb with no mind of one's own
easily swayed person
opportunist
làn ní hú bù shàng qiáng
see 爛泥扶不上牆|烂泥扶不上墙[lan4 ni2 fu2 bu4 shang4 qiang2]
làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng
useless (idiom)
worthless
inept
mù qiáng
curtain wall (architecture)
gé qiáng yǒu ěr
the walls have ears (idiom)
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