碰壁
pèng bì
Pinyin

Definition

碰壁
 - 
pèng bì
  1. to hit a wall
  2. (fig.) to hit a brick wall
  3. to hit a snag
  4. to have the door slammed in one's face

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

壁
bì
  1. 1 wall
  2. 2 rampart
壁纸
bì zhǐ
  1. 1 wallpaper
碰
pèng
  1. 1 variant of 碰[pèng]
碰上
pèng shàng
  1. 1 to run into
  2. 2 to come upon
  3. 3 to meet
碰到
pèng dào
  1. 1 to come across
  2. 2 to run into
  3. 3 to meet
  4. 4 to hit
赤壁
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
隔壁
gé bì
  1. 1 next door
  2. 2 neighbor
壁画
bì huà
  1. 1 mural (painting)
  2. 2 fresco
壁虎
bì hǔ
  1. 1 gecko
  2. 2 house lizard
戈壁
Gē bì
  1. 1 Gobi (desert)
墙壁
qiáng bì
  1. 1 wall
碰巧
pèng qiǎo
  1. 1 by chance
  2. 2 by coincidence
  3. 3 to happen to
碰撞
pèng zhuàng
  1. 1 to collide
  2. 2 collision
碰碰车
pèng pèng chē
  1. 1 bumper car
碰见
pèng jiàn
  1. 1 to run into
  2. 2 to meet (unexpectedly)
  3. 3 to bump into
触碰
chù pèng
  1. 1 to touch
  2. 2 (fig.) to touch on (a matter)
面壁
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
侧壁
cè bì
  1. 1 side wall
半壁江山
bàn bì jiāng shān
  1. 1 half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands)
  2. 2 vast swathe of territory
呼图壁
Hū tú bì
  1. 1 Hutubi county in Changji Hui autonomous prefecture 昌吉回族自治州[Chāng jí Huí zú zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang

Idioms (13)

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)
瞎猫碰上死耗子
xiā māo pèng shàng sǐ hào zi
  1. 1 a blind cat finds a dead mouse (idiom)
  2. 2 blind luck
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
鸡蛋碰石头
jī dàn pèng shí tou
  1. 1 lit. an egg colliding with a rock (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attack sb stronger than oneself
  3. 3 to overrate one's abilities
颓垣断壁
tuí yuán duàn bì
  1. 1 crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)

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