a precipice

a precipice

A Chinese idiom, B ì L ì Qi ā NR è n in pinyin, means (cliff, etc.) standing as steep as a wall. It comes from "Jian Ge Ming".

The origin of Idioms

Zhang Zai's Jian Ge Ming in Jin Dynasty said, "only the gate of Shu is a firm town. It's a Japanese Jian Ge with a wall standing on a thousand feet." "Shuijing · hehezhu" says: "its mountain is only a stone, and the wall stands on a thousand feet, which makes it dizzy."

Idiom usage

The mountain is steep, the sea contains hundreds of rivers. No desire, no strength.