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壁立千仞

bì lì qiān rèn

4-character word

What 壁立千仞 means

1. idiom(of a cliff, mountain etc) steep; lofty; imposing

The characters in 壁立千仞

• 壁bìwall; rampart
• 立lìto stand; to set up; to establish
• 千qiānthousand
• 仞rènunit of length used in ancient times, equal to 7 or 8 Chinese feet 尺

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