Iron (metaphor) — Iron, when used metaphorically, refers to certain traits of the metal iron. Used as an adjective and sometimes as a noun, it refers to something stern, harsh, unyielding, inflexible, rigid, sturdy, strong, robust. It is sometimes used for… … Wikipedia
Bamboo curtain — can mean: * Literally, a type of beaded curtain made from bamboo * Figuratively, the Bamboo Curtain, the Asian equivalent of the Iron Curtain … Wikipedia
Iron-Crutch Li — (铁拐李/鐵拐李, PY: Tiěguǎi Lǐ , WG: T ieh kuai Li , Japanese: Tekkai) is sometimes said to be the most ancient of the Eight Immortals of the Taoist pantheon. He is sometimes described irascible and ill tempered, but also benevolent to the poor, sick… … Wikipedia
Iron Curtain — The Iron Curtain was the symbolic, ideological, and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II until the end of the Cold War, roughly 1945 to 1991. At both sides of the Iron Curtain, the states… … Wikipedia
Bamboo stove — The original bamboo stove was made in China in the late 14th century. A monk named Xing Hai in the Ting Song temple on Mount Hui in Wuxi asked a travelling bamboo artisan to make him a stove on which he could boil water for tea. Surprisingly, it… … Wikipedia
Bamboo Curtain — The Bamboo Curtain was the east Asian version of the Iron Curtain. It marked the border around the communist states of East Asia, especially the People s Republic of China during the Cold War, but excluding the eastern Soviet Union. The term was… … Wikipedia
bamboo curtain — the censorship and other restrictions in China to limit knowledge of and contacts with foreigners The Russian Iron Curtain in eastern form: I had always understood that Western films were kept well away from the People s Republic to… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
bamboo curtain — a political and ideological barrier that impeded relations between Communist Asia, esp. China, and the West from 1949 to 1972. Cf. iron curtain. * * * … Universalium
bamboo curtain — Synonyms and related words: Berlin wall, Pillars of Hercules, arch dam, backstop, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, barrier of secrecy, bear trap dam, beaver dam, blackout, boom, border, border ground, borderland, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall,… … Moby Thesaurus
iron curtain — Synonyms and related words: Berlin wall, Bolshevism, Castroism, Communist Information Bureau, Communist Party, Maoism, Marxian socialism, Marxism, Marxism Leninism, Pillars of Hercules, Stalinism, Titoism, Trotskyism, arch dam, backstop, bamboo… … Moby Thesaurus
