梁 liáng liang

bridge; beam; rafters; surname

HSK 6 #1416

DEFINITIONS

梁 liáng
  • Liang Dynasty (502-557)
  • Later Liang Dynasty (907-923)
  • surname Liang
  • roof beam
  • beam (structure)
  • bridge
  • variant of 梁[liang2]

STROKES

WORDS

桥梁 qiáo liáng
HSK 6
bridge (lit. and fig.)
横梁 héng liáng beam
鼻梁 bí liáng bridge of the nose
脊梁 jǐ liáng backbone; spine; Taiwan pr. [ji3 liang5]
脊梁 jǐ liang (coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)
顶梁柱 dǐng liáng zhù pillar; backbone
脊梁骨 jǐ liang gǔ backbone
偷梁换柱 tōu liáng huàn zhù lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column; to replace the original with a fake; to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
挑大梁 tiǎo dà liáng to play a leading role; to bear a heavy responsibility
上梁不正下梁歪 shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
大梁 dà liáng capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states; CL:根[gen1]
栋梁 dòng liáng ridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state)
逼上梁山 bī shàng liáng shān driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels; to drive to revolt; to force sb to desperate action
山梁 shān liáng mountain ridge
梁山 liáng shān Liangshan city and County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[Ji3 ning2], Shandong
丁字梁 dīng zì liáng T-girder
梁上君子 liáng shàng jūn zǐ lit. the gentleman on the roof beam; fig. a thief
梁龙 liáng lóng diplodocus
钢梁 gāng liáng steel beam; girder
雕梁画栋 diāo liáng huà dòng richly ornamented (building)
偷梁換柱 tōu liáng huàn zhù lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column; to replace the original with a fake; to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
南朝梁 nán cháo liáng Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)
吕梁 lǚ liáng Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西
呂梁 lǚ liáng Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西
吕梁市 lǚ liáng shì Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西
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