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    3. 壁立千仞

    壁立千仞

    壁へき立りつ千せん仞じん

    precipitous cliff of great height, metaphor for absolute nature of Buddhist truth

    NTExpressionsReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab29 strokes

    へきりつせんじん

    Expressions

    1.
    precipitous cliff of great height, metaphor for absolute nature of Buddhist truth
    idiomatic expressionBuddhism

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    Kanji that make up this word

    壁
    かべ…(1)
    wall・lining (stomach)・fence
    立
    た.つ・-た.つ・た.ち-・た.てる・-た.てる・た.て-…(12)
    stand up・rise・set up・erect
    千
    ち…(3)
    thousand
    仞
    はか.る…(1)
    fathom
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