峭壁
qiào bì
Pinyin

Definition

峭壁
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qiào bì
  1. cliff
  2. steep
  3. precipice

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

壁
bì
  1. 1 wall
  2. 2 rampart
壁纸
bì zhǐ
  1. 1 wallpaper
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
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
坚壁
jiān bì
  1. 1 to cache
  2. 2 to hide supplies (from the enemy)
壁垒
bì lěi
  1. 1 rampart
  2. 2 barrier
壁垒森严
bì lěi sēn yán
  1. 1 closely guarded
  2. 2 strongly fortified
  3. 3 sharply divided
壁挂
bì guà
  1. 1 wall hanging
壁架
bì jià
  1. 1 ledge
壁橱
bì chú
  1. 1 a built-in wardrobe or cupboard
  2. 2 closet
壁灯
bì dēng
  1. 1 wall lamp
  2. 2 bracket light
  3. 3 CL:盞|盏[zhǎn]
壁炉
bì lú
  1. 1 fireplace

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

其次按照生肖来起名，十二生肖为，鼠牛虎兔龙蛇马羊猴鸡狗猪，里面有生活在森林草地的动物，有生活在山岩峭壁的动物。
qícì ànzhào shēngxiào lái qǐmíng ，shí èr shēngxiào wèi ，shǔ niú hǔ tù lóng shé mǎ yáng hóu jī gǒu zhū ，lǐmiàn yǒu shēnghuó zài sēnlín cǎodì de dòngwù ，yǒu shēnghuó zài shānyán qiàobì de dòngwù 。
Then you name them using the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac. The twelve animals are, the rat, the ox, the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the rooster, the dog and the pig. Among them all there are those that live in the forest, those that live in the meadows and those that live in among the mountains.
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