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上梁

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shàng liáng

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Definitions

  1. 1. to lay an upper beam
  2. 2. (a building's) upper beam
  3. 3. (a bicycle's) top tube

Words Containing 上梁

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

逼上梁山
bī shàng liáng shān

driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels

Child Words of 上梁

梁
liáng

roof beam

上
shàng

on top

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