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| Processed by: | ycandau (2015-02-05 16:33:00 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 48810 - submitted by 'brianlawrence' >> 信念撬开了残垣。 （人教版语文课本） 现代汉语词典 has an entry for 残垣断壁 with three alternative forms listed, Google counts below. 残垣断壁 972K 断壁残垣 767K 颓垣断壁 164K (MDBG already has an entry for this one) 断壁颓垣 162K Editor: 1. yes, 残垣 can be used outside of idioms, standalone. You could say it's transparent, but used in modern Mandarin (not wenyan), it sounds like a fixed expression. 2. I can understand (barely just) why CC-CEdict would have 颓垣断壁 ="crumbled fences etc", but I can really not make 垣=fence |
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# 殘垣 残垣 [can2 yuan2] /crumbling fences/ + 殘垣 残垣 [can2 yuan2] /(literary) ruined walls/ruins/ |