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liáng

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Definitions

  1. 1. roof beam
  2. 2. beam (structure)
  3. 3. bridge

Words Containing 梁

梁木
liáng mù

beam

梁辰鱼
liáng chén yú

Liang Chenyu (1521-1594), Ming dramatist of the Kunshan opera school

梁书
liáng shū

History of Liang of the Southern Dynasties, eighth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[èr shí sì shǐ], compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉[yáo sī lián] in 636 during Tang dynasty, 56 scrolls

高梁市
gāo liáng shì

Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture 岡山縣|冈山县[gāng shān xiàn], Japan

铜梁
tóng liáng

Tongliang suburban county in Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

板梁桥
bǎn liáng qiáo

plate girder bridge

大梁
dà liáng

capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states

梁龙
liáng lóng

diplodocus

柱梁
zhù liáng

pillar

高梁川
gāo liáng chuān

Takahashigawa, river in Okayama prefecture 岡山縣|冈山县[gāng shān xiàn], Japan

浮梁县
fú liáng xiàn

Fuliang county in Jingdezhen 景德鎮|景德镇, Jiangxi

丁字梁
dīng zì liáng

T-girder

吕梁市
lǚ liáng shì

Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西

铜梁县
tóng liáng xiàn

Tongliang suburban county in Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

头悬梁,锥刺股
tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ

lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)

工字梁
gōng zì liáng

I-beam

南朝梁
nán cháo liáng

Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)

周梁淑怡
zhōu liáng shū yí

Selina Chow (Chow Liang Shuk-yee) (1945-), Hong Kong politician

脊梁
jǐ liang

(coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)

梁河
liáng hé

Lianghe county in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州[dé hóng dǎi zú jǐng pō zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

梁朝
liáng cháo

Liang Dynasty (502-557)

山梁
shān liáng

mountain ridge

梁河县
liáng hé xiàn

Lianghe county in Dehong Dai and Jingpo autonomous prefecture 德宏傣族景頗族自治州|德宏傣族景颇族自治州[dé hóng dǎi zú jǐng pō zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan

结梁子
jié liáng zi

(slang) to start a feud

梁振英
liáng zhèn yīng

Leung Chun-ying (1954-), 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong

强梁
qiáng liáng

ruffian

逼上梁山
bī shàng liáng shān

driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels

谷梁传
gǔ liáng zhuàn

Guliang Annals, commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[chūn qiū], first published during the Han Dynasty

津梁
jīn liáng

lit. ferry bridge

梁子湖区
liáng zi hú qū

Liangzihu district of Ezhou city 鄂州市[è zhōu shì], Hubei

余响绕梁
yú xiǎng rào liáng

reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

纵梁
zòng liáng

longitudinal beam

梁园
liáng yuán

Liangyuan district of Shangqiu city 商丘市[shāng qiū shì], Henan

桥梁
qiáo liáng

bridge (lit. and fig.)

梁赞
liáng zàn

Ryazan, Russian town

梁山市
liáng shān shì

Liangshan city in Shandong

梁漱溟
liáng shù míng

Liang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition

箱梁
xiāng liáng

box girder (construction)

后梁
hòu liáng

Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)

栋梁
dòng liáng

ridgepole

提梁
tí liáng

handle in the shape of a hoop

雕梁画栋
diāo liáng huà dòng

richly ornamented (building)

梁静茹
liáng jìng rú

Fish Leong (1978-), Malaysian pop singer

余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng

reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

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

桁梁
héng liáng

brace girder

梁园区
liáng yuán qū

Liangyuan district of Shangqiu city 商丘市[shāng qiū shì], Henan

上梁
shàng liáng

to lay an upper beam

梁平
liáng píng

Liangping county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

顶梁柱
dǐng liáng zhù

pillar

鼻梁
bí liáng

bridge of the nose

脊梁
jǐ liáng

backbone

悬梁刺股
xuán liáng cì gǔ

to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)

偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù

lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column

钢梁
gāng liáng

steel beam

浮梁
fú liáng

Fuliang county in Jingdezhen 景德鎮|景德镇, Jiangxi

梁架
liáng jià

roof beam

梁山伯与祝英台
liáng shān bó yǔ zhù yīng tái

The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale of the tragic love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai

梁启超
liáng qǐ chāo

Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898

梁湘
liáng xiāng

Liang Xiang (1919-1989), first governor of Hainan

梁平县
liáng píng xiàn

Liangping county in Wanzhou suburbs of north Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

戳脊梁骨
chuō jǐ liang gǔ

to criticize behind sb's back

梁上君子
liáng shàng jūn zǐ

lit. the gentleman on the roof beam

吕梁
lǚ liáng

Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西

梁山
liáng shān

Liangshan city and County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[jǐ níng], Shandong

戳脊梁
chuō jǐ liang

to criticize behind sb's back

梁子湖
liáng zi hú

Liangzihu district of Ezhou city 鄂州市[è zhōu shì], Hubei

脊梁骨
jǐ liang gǔ

backbone

梁山县
liáng shān xiàn

Liangshan County in Jining 濟寧|济宁[jǐ níng], Shandong

高梁
gāo liáng

Takahashi (name)

绕梁三日
rào liáng sān rì

reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)

白鹤梁
bái hè liáng

White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings

梁唐晋汉周书
liáng táng jìn hàn zhōu shū

another name for History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史[jiù wǔ dài shǐ]

横梁
héng liáng

beam

萧梁
xiāo liáng

Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)

梁祝
liáng zhù

The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale

梁山好汉
liáng shān hǎo hàn

the heroes of Liangshan Marsh (in the novel \Water Margin\ 水滸傳|水浒传[shuǐ hǔ zhuàn])

挑大梁
tiǎo dà liáng

to play a leading role