Chinese Wall
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Chinese wall
n.
A barrier to communication, understanding, or action: "still believe a Chinese wall can exist between public and private selves" (Gail Sheehy).
[After the Great Wall of China.]
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Chinese wall
n
1. (Stock Exchange) 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
2. an insurmountable obstacle
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Chi′nese Wall′
n.
2. an insuperable barrier or obstacle, as to understanding.
[1905–10]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 |
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