壁立千仞 — Chinese idiom
壁立千仞
bì lì qiān rèn
Meaning
- (of a cliff, mountain etc) steep; lofty; imposing
Character by character
- 壁bìpartition, wall; rampart
- 立lìto stand; to establish, to set up
- 千qiānthousand; many, numerous; very
- 仞rènancient unit of measure (about 8 feet); a fathom
Idioms sharing a character
- 向壁虚构 xiàng bì xū gòu
- 向壁虚造 xiàng bì xū zào
- 坚壁清野 jiān bì qīng yě
- 壁垒一新 bì lěi yī xīn
- 家徒四壁 jiā tú sì bì
- 悬崖峭壁 xuán yá qiào bì
- 断壁残垣 duàn bì cán yuán
- 铜墙铁壁 tóng qiáng tiě bì
- 凿壁偷光 záo bì tōu guāng
- 三足鼎立 sān zú dǐng lì
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