栋 dòng

main beams supporting house

HSK 6 #2710

DEFINITIONS

  • main beams supporting house
  • classifier for houses or buildings
  • ridgepole (old)

STROKES

栋 stroke order diagram
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WORDS

栋梁 dòng liáng ridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state)
雕梁画栋 diāo liáng huà dòng richly ornamented (building)
吴作栋 wú zuò dòng Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004
汗牛充栋 hàn niú chōng dòng lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books
独栋 dú dòng (of a building) detached
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