顶梁柱
dǐng liáng zhù
Pinyin

Definition

顶梁柱
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dǐng liáng zhù
  1. pillar
  2. backbone

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

支柱
zhī zhù
  1. 1 mainstay
  2. 2 pillar
  3. 3 prop
  4. 4 backbone
柱
zhù
  1. 1 pillar
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn]
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.)
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
冰柱
bīng zhù
  1. 1 icicle
吕梁
Lu:3 liáng
  1. 1 Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西
圆柱形
yuán zhù xíng
  1. 1 cylindrical
大梁
Dà liáng
  1. 1 capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn]
后梁
Hòu Liáng
  1. 1 Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)
柱子
zhù zi
  1. 1 pillar
  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
水柱
shuǐ zhù
  1. 1 stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet)
  2. 2 jet of water
灯柱
dēng zhù
  1. 1 lamppost
石柱
Shí zhù
  1. 1 Shizhu Tujia autonomous county, Chongqing

Idioms (9)

一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
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]
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)
蜻蜓撼石柱
qīng tíng hàn shí zhù
  1. 1 lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities
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)

Sample Sentences

这两天天冷，你要注意保暖。你可是我们家的顶梁柱啊。
zhèliǎngtiān tiān lěng ，nǐ yào zhùyì bǎonuǎn 。nǐ kě shì wǒmen jiā de dǐngliángzhù a 。
It's been cold these days. You need to keep yourself warm. You really are the cornerstone of this family.
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