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UKChinese Wall
/tʃaɪnˈiːz wˈɔːl/
/tʃaɪnˈiːz wˈɔːl/Chinese Wall
[NOUN]1
a fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width
Examples
1. And I don't know culturally what drives it, if it's the investment banking fees and the lack of a Chinese wall between the investment banking and the sell side, which I think is-- which is without a doubt.
2. So the Berlin Wall was, in contrast to all the other walls that you see in the world-- starting by the Chinese Wall, Hadrian's Wall, or even going to modern day history, the border fortification of different countries-- not designed to keep enemies out, but designed to keep their own people in.
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