tiǎo dà liáng

挑大梁 (tiǎo dà liáng) is a Chinese word meaning “to play a leading role; to bear a heavy responsibility”.

Meanings

  1. 1to play a leading role
  2. 2to bear a heavy responsibility

Characters in 挑大梁

挑tiāo · to carry on a shoulder pole大dà · big; large; great梁liáng · roof beam

Related words

大big; large; great大see 大夫[dai4 fu5]大家everyone大概roughly大学university大学the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism大人adult伟大huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)挑战to challenge; to take on a challenge; a challenge意大利Italy长大to grow up挑to carry on a shoulder pole

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