雕梁画栋
diāo liáng huà dòng
Pinyin

Definition

雕梁画栋
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diāo liáng huà dòng
  1. richly ornamented (building)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

梁
Liáng
  1. 1 Liang Dynasty (502-557)
  2. 2 Later Liang Dynasty (907-923)
  3. 3 surname Liang
梁静茹
Liáng Jìng rú
  1. 1 Fish Leong (1978-), Malaysian pop singer
  2. 2 also Leong Chui Peng or Jasmine Leong
桥梁
qiáo liáng
  1. 1 bridge (lit. and fig.)
神雕侠侣
Shén diāo Xiá lu:3
  1. 1 The Return of the Condor Heroes (classic wuxia martial arts TV films of 1998 and 2006 based on novel by Jinyong 金庸)
  2. 2 variant of 神鵰俠侶|神雕侠侣
雕刻
diāo kè
  1. 1 to carve
  2. 2 to engrave
  3. 3 carving
雕塑
diāo sù
  1. 1 a statue
  2. 2 a Buddhist image
  3. 3 sculpture
  4. 4 to carve
冰雕
bīng diāo
  1. 1 ice sculpture
吕梁
Lu:3 liáng
  1. 1 Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西
大梁
Dà liáng
  1. 1 capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn]
梁启超
Liáng Qǐ chāo
  1. 1 Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
梁山
Liáng shān
  1. 1 Liangshan city and County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Jǐ níng], Shandong
梁振英
Liáng Zhèn yīng
  1. 1 Leung Chun-ying (1954-), 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
栋梁
dòng liáng
  1. 1 ridgepole
  2. 2 ridgepole and beams
  3. 3 person able to bear heavy responsibility
  4. 4 mainstay (of organization)
  5. 5 pillar (of state)
横梁
héng liáng
  1. 1 beam
浮雕
fú diāo
  1. 1 relief sculpture
石雕
shí diāo
  1. 1 stone carving
  2. 2 carved sculpture
脊梁
jǐ liáng
  1. 1 backbone
  2. 2 spine
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [jǐ liang]
脊梁骨
jǐ liang gǔ
  1. 1 backbone
花雕
huā diāo
  1. 1 Shaoxing yellow wine
铜梁
Tóng liáng
  1. 1 Tongliang suburban county in Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

Idioms (10)

一箭双雕
yī jiàn shuāng diāo
  1. 1 lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom)
  2. 2 to kill two birds with one stone
上梁不正下梁歪
shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
  1. 1 lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù
  1. 1 lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
  2. 2 to replace the original with a fake
  3. 3 to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
悬梁刺股
xuán liáng cì gǔ
  1. 1 to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)
  2. 2 see also 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁，锥刺股[tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ]
精雕细刻
jīng diāo xì kè
  1. 1 lit. fine sculpting (idiom); fig. to work with extreme care and precision
绕梁三日
rào liáng sān rì
  1. 1 reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
雕楹碧槛
diāo yíng bì kǎn
  1. 1 carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom); heavily decorated environment
头悬梁，锥刺股
tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ
  1. 1 lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly
余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng
  1. 1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
余响绕梁
yú xiǎng rào liáng
  1. 1 reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

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