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栋梁 (dòng liáng) – ridgepole

dòng liáng

ridgepole

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 棟梁0 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1ridgepole
  2. 2ridgepole and beams
  3. 3person able to bear heavy responsibility
  4. 4mainstay (of organization)
  5. 5pillar (of state)

Simplified & traditional

栋梁

Simplified

棟梁

Traditional

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Related words

栋

dòng

classifier for houses or buildings

桥梁

qiáo liáng

bridge (lit. and fig.)

脊梁

jǐ liáng

backbone

都会

dū huì

city

兜

dōu

pocket

兜儿

dōu r

erhua variant of 兜

兜售

dōu shòu

to hawk

抖

dǒu

to tremble

陡

dǒu

steep

斗

dǒu

abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星

斗志

dòu zhì

will to fight

豆浆

dòu jiāng

soy milk

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