Chinese wall

Chinese wall

n.

A barrier, especially one that seriously hinders communication or understanding: "still believe a Chinese wall can exist between public and private selves" (Gail Sheehy).

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[After the Great Wall of China.]

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Chinese Wall - a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width Great Wall, Great Wall of China Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world