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单词 chinese wall
释义

Chinese Wall


noun Informal.

Great Wall of China.
an insuperable barrier or obstacle, as to understanding.

Origin of Chinese Wall

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby Chinese Wall

Chinese tallow tree, Chinese tour, Chinese trumpet creeper, Chinese Turkestan, Chinese vermilion, Chinese Wall, Chinese water deer, Chinese watermelon, Chinese water torture, Chinese wax, Chinese whispers
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Example sentences from the Web for Chinese Wall

  • But the Chinese-wall blockade was tripartite; not confined to closing of the ocean ports.

    Four Years in Rebel Capitals|T. C. DeLeon

British Dictionary definitions for Chinese Wall

Chinese wall

noun

a notional barrier between the parts of a business, esp between the market makers and brokers of a stock-exchange business, across which no information should pass to the detriment of clients
an insurmountable obstacle
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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