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上梁

shàng liáng

Definitions

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

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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