壁垒森严
bì lěi sēn yán
Pinyin

Definition

壁垒森严
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bì lěi sēn yán
  1. closely guarded
  2. strongly fortified
  3. sharply divided

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 wall
  2. 2 rampart
bì zhǐ
  1. 1 wallpaper
sēn lín
  1. 1 forest
  2. 2 CL:片[piàn]
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
gé bì
  1. 1 next door
  2. 2 neighbor
bì dēng
  1. 1 wall lamp
  2. 2 bracket light
  3. 3 CL:盞|盏[zhǎn]
bì lú
  1. 1 fireplace
bì huà
  1. 1 mural (painting)
  2. 2 fresco
bì hǔ
  1. 1 gecko
  2. 2 house lizard
qiào bì
  1. 1 cliff
  2. 2 steep
  3. 3 precipice
Gē bì
  1. 1 Gobi (desert)
Sēn
  1. 1 Mori (Japanese surname)
sēn sēn
  1. 1 dense (of trees)
  2. 2 thick
  3. 3 ghastly
  4. 4 eerie
qiáng bì
  1. 1 wall
Ā sēn nà
  1. 1 Arsenal Football Club
yīn sēn
  1. 1 gloomy
  2. 2 sinister
  3. 3 eerie
miàn bì
  1. 1 to face the wall
  2. 2 to sit facing the wall in meditation (Buddhism)
  3. 3 (fig.) to devote oneself to study, work etc
Hēi sēn lín
  1. 1 Black Forest
  2. 2 Schwarzwald
Bǎo ěr sēn
  1. 1 Paulson or Powellson (name)
  2. 2 Henry (Hank) Paulson (1946-), US banker, US Treasury Secretary from 2006
cè bì
  1. 1 side wall

Idioms (11)

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
坚壁清野
jiān bì qīng yě
  1. 1 to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom); to leave nothing for the invader
  2. 2 scorched earth policy
壁垒一新
bì lěi yī xīn
  1. 1 to have one's defenses in good order (idiom)
家徒四壁
jiā tú sì bì
  1. 1 lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. very poor
  3. 3 wretched
悬崖峭壁
xuán yá qiào bì
  1. 1 sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
悬崖绝壁
xuán yá jué bì
  1. 1 sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces (idiom)
残垣断壁
cán yuán duàn bì
  1. 1 crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)
铜墙铁壁
tóng qiáng tiě bì
  1. 1 copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense
凿壁偷光
záo bì tōu guāng
  1. 1 lit. to pierce the wall to steal a light (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to study diligently in the face of hardship
颓垣断壁
tuí yuán duàn bì
  1. 1 crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)

Sample Sentences

自古以来,中国人往往用军营的秩序来观察一支军队的战备能力,古有细柳营今有朱日和同样壁垒森严,同样卧虎藏龙
zìgǔyǐlái ,Zhōngguó rén wǎngwǎng yòng jūnyíng de zhìxù lái guānchá yī Zhī jūnduì de zhànbèi nénglì ,gǔ yǒu Xìliúyíng jīn yǒu Zhūrìhé tóngyàng bìlěisēnyán ,tóngyàng wòhǔcánglóng
From ancient times, Chinese people have used the order of battle camps to observe a troops readiness for battle. As in the olden days there was the Xiliu Camp, now there is Zhurihe, both strongly fortified, both conceal hidden talents.