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next door
wall
mural
rampart
Gobi
sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces
at the same time
squash
next door
to face the wall
wall newspaper
wall hanging
Notice where 壁 sits in each complete thought.
That's the man who lives next door.
Source: Tatoeba #896512 · CC BY 2.0 FRHe hit the wall with his fist.
Source: Tatoeba #9400797 · CC BY 2.0 FRShe has a crush on the boy next door.
Source: Tatoeba #13862497 · CC BY 2.0 FRThe man next door said he goes for a jog every morning.
Source: Tatoeba #1899619 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.