高城深池 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• high walls and deep moat ; impenetrable defense

Character by character

• 高gāotall, lofty; high, elevated
• 城chéngcastle, city, town; municipality
• 深shēndeep, profound; depth
• 池chípool, pond; moat; cistern

Idioms sharing a character

• 一见高低 yī jiàn gāo dī
• 不识高低 bù shí gāo dī
• 债台高筑 zhài tái gāo zhù
• 功高不赏 gōng gāo bù shǎng
• 功高望重 gōng gāo wàng zhòng
• 功高盖主 gōng gāo gài zhǔ
• 另请高明 lìng qǐng gāo míng
• 另谋高就 lìng móu gāo jiù
• 好高骛远 hào gāo wù yuǎn
• 居高临下 jū gāo lín xià

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