壁 bì
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
壁垒
bìlěi
barrier; rampart
Characters in this word
垒 lěi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- Made of
- 厽 pile 土 soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 语言壁垒降低以后，真正阻碍合作的往往是制度差异。 Yǔyán bìlěi jiàngdī yǐhòu, zhēnzhèng zǔ'ài hézuò de wǎngwǎng shì zhìdù chāyì. After language barriers are lowered, what truly hinders cooperation is often institutional difference.
- 这家公司的技术壁垒很高，别人很难模仿。 Zhè jiā gōngsī de jìshù bìlěi hěn gāo, biéren hěn nán mófǎng. This company's technical barrier is very high, so others find it hard to copy.
- 他们之间的心理壁垒，要靠真诚的交流才能消除。 Tāmen zhījiān de xīnlǐ bìlěi, yào kào zhēnchéng de jiāoliú cái néng xiāochú. The psychological barrier between them can only be removed through sincere communication.
Related words
- 隔壁 gébì next door
- 墙壁 qiángbì wall
- 壁画 bìhuà mural; wall painting
- 戈壁 gēbì Gobi; stony desert
- 堡垒 bǎolěi fortress; stronghold
- 黑名单 hēimíngdān blacklist
- 遏制 èzhì to curb; to contain
- 浩劫 hàojié catastrophe; calamity
- 捍卫 hànwèi to defend; to safeguard
- 豁出去 huōchuqu to risk everything; to throw caution to the wind
- 提防 dīfang to guard against; to beware of
- 化险为夷 huàxiǎnwéiyí turn danger into safety