Dictionary.com

Chinese Wall

noun Informal.

Great Wall of China.
an insuperable barrier or obstacle, as to understanding.

QUIZZES

BECOME A PRO CHEF WITH THIS EXQUISITE CUISINE QUIZ!

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.
Question 1 of 9
You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?
To cook in water that begins cold and then reaches a boil.
To stew in a sauce for a long time.
To cook in water, just below boiling temperature.
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of Chinese Wall

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby Chinese Wall

Chinese tallow tree, Chinese tour, Chinese trumpet creeper, Chinese Turkestan, Chinese vermilion, Chinese Wall, Chinese water deer, Chinese watermelon, Chinese water torture, Chinese wax, Chinese whispers
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for Chinese Wall

British Dictionary definitions for Chinese Wall

Chinese wall

noun

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
an insurmountable obstacle
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012