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Home / Idiom / 铜墙铁壁

copper wall, iron bastion (idiom); impenetrable defense

铜墙铁壁
tóng qiáng tiě bì
t+óng·2nd toneq+iáng·2nd tonet+iě·3rd toneb+ì·4th tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
(idiom) (usu. of sth abstract: an alliance, a conviction etc) unbreakable; rock-solid牢不可破láo bù kě pòstable · steady · firm · to stabilize稳固wěn gùimpregnable fortress金城汤池jīn chéng tāng chí(lit.) secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom) · (fig.) well fortified; invulnerable to attack固若金汤gù ruò jīn tānghigh walls and deep moat (idiom); impenetrable defense高城深池gāo chéng shēn chí
Antonyms
(idiom) unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow不堪一击bù kān yī jīno stronghold one cannot overcome (idiom); to conquer every obstacle · nothing one can't do · to carry everything before one无坚不摧wú jiān bù cuī
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