墙 - qiáng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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HSK 4 - Medium
14 strokes
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墙 (牆)

qiáng

Definition

wall

Character Decomposition

Related words (36)

wall; fence

wall

wall newspaper

foot of a wall

wallpaper

corner (junction of two walls)

墙头草

qiáng tóu cǎo

sb who goes whichever way the wind blows; sb with no mind of one's own; easily swayed person; opportunist

recess between walls

perimeter wall; fence

city wall

facade; external wall

女墙

nǚ qiáng

crenelated parapet wall

gable

curtain wall (architecture)

firewall

to climb a wall; (fig.) to be unfaithful

粉墙

fěn qiáng

whitewashed wall; to whitewash a wall

to paper a wall

(lit.) to climb over the wall; (fig.) to breach the Great Firewall of China

胸墙

xiōng qiáng

parapet; defensive wall; breastwork

骑墙

qí qiáng

to sit on the fence; to take both sides in a dispute

佛跳墙

fó tiào qiáng

(lit.) Buddha jumps over the wall, name for a Chinese dish that uses many non-vegetarian ingredients

听墙根

tīng qiáng gēn

to eavesdrop; to listen in secret to sb's conversations

surface of wall

crenelated parapet wall

挖墙脚

wā qiáng jiǎo

to undermine; to let someone down; to seduce someone away from something

挡风墙

dǎng fēng qiáng

(lit.) windbreak; (fig.) protector

混水墙

hún shuǐ qiáng

plastered masonry wall

清水墙

qīng shuǐ qiáng

unplastered masonry wall

空心墙

kōng xīn qiáng

cavity wall; hollow wall

筑土墙

zhù tǔ qiáng

a wall of rammed earth

wallpaper

firewall

anaglypta (sculptured wallpaper)

石膏墙板

shí gāo qiáng bǎn

drywall; gypsum wallboard; plasterboard

烂泥糊不上墙

làn ní hú bù shàng qiáng

see 烂泥扶不上墙

Idioms (9)

兄弟阋墙

xiōng dì xì qiáng

internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself

引水入墙

yǐn shuǐ rù qiáng

(lit.) to lead the water through the wall; to ask for trouble (idiom)

狗急跳墙

gǒu jí tiào qiáng

a cornered dog will jump over the wall (idiom); to be driven to desperate action

红杏出墙

hóng xìng chū qiáng

(lit.) the red apricot tree leans over the garden wall (idiom); (fig.) a wife having an illicit lover

铜墙铁壁

tóng qiáng tiě bì

copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense

隔墙有耳

gé qiáng yǒu ěr

the walls have ears (idiom)

拆东墙补西墙

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

烂泥扶不上墙

làn ní fú bù shàng qiáng

useless (idiom); worthless; inept

不撞南墙不回头

bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu

to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)

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