liáng
梁 (liáng) is a Chinese word meaning “roof beam; beam (structure); bridge”.
Meanings
- 1roof beam
- 2beam (structure)
- 3bridge
Related words
桥梁bridge (lit. and fig.)梁Liang Dynasty (502–557)梁variant of 梁[liang2]横梁beam鼻梁bridge of the nose脊梁backbone脊梁(coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)顶梁柱pillar脊梁骨backbone偷梁换柱lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column挑大梁to play a leading role上梁不正下梁歪lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices