藩籬

藩篱
fānlí
  1. hedge
  2. fence
  3. (fig.) barrier

CEDICT

  1. (figuratively) impediment; hindrance; difficulty; obstruction; barrier
  2. (literally or figuratively) boundary; border; periphery
  3. (literally) bamboo fence; twig fence; hedge (Classifier: 道 m)
  4. bamboo fence; twig fence; hedge (Classifier: 道 m)
  5. boundary; border; periphery
  6. impediment; hindrance; difficulty; obstruction; barrier

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 藩 fān
  1. fence; hedge
  2. (literary) screen; barrier
  3. vassal state
  4. Taiwan pr. fán
2 籬 lí a fence

Containing this entry

羊觸藩籬 yángchùfānlí
  1. lit. billy goat's horns caught in the fence (idiom from Book of Changes 易經); impossible to advance or to retreat
  2. without any way out of a dilemma
  3. trapped
  4. in an impossible situation

Related entries

柵籬 zhàlí
  1. hedge
  2. fence
栵 lì hedge
樹籬 shùlí hedge
貓從樹籬穿過去。

The cat got through the hedge.

Source: Tatoeba

籬垣 líyuán
  1. fence
  2. hedge
不置可否 bùzhìkěfǒu
  1. decline to comment
  2. not express an opinion
  3. be noncommittal
  4. hedge
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