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Chinese education begins with characters, continues with phrases, and grows into idioms. This free lesson covers the idiom 「閉壁清野」. Learn its usage below.

Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「閉壁清野」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

It means to fortify the walls and clear the fields. It is a strategy adopted in combat.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

bì bì qīng yě

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

bai3 bik1 ching1 ye5

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