liáng

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Definitions

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

Words Containing 梁

栋梁
dòng liáng

ridgepole

桥梁
qiáo liáng

bridge (lit. and fig.)

脊梁
jǐ liáng

backbone

脊梁
jǐ liang

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

丁字梁
dīng zì liáng

T-girder

上梁
shàng liáng

to lay an upper beam

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

偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù

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

南朝梁
nán cháo liáng

Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)

吕梁
lǚ liáng

Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西

吕梁市
lǚ liáng shì

Lüliang prefecture-level city in Shanxi 山西

周梁淑怡
zhōu liáng shū yí

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

大梁
dà liáng

capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states

山梁
shān liáng

mountain ridge

工字梁
gōng zì liáng

I-beam

强梁
qiáng liáng

ruffian

后梁
hòu liáng

Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)

悬梁刺股
xuán liáng cì gǔ

to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)

戳脊梁
chuō jǐ liang

to criticize behind sb's back

戳脊梁骨
chuō jǐ liang gǔ

to criticize behind sb's back

挑大梁
tiǎo dà liáng

to play a leading role

提梁
tí liáng

handle in the shape of a hoop

板梁桥
bǎn liáng qiáo

plate girder bridge

柱梁
zhù liáng

pillar

桁梁
héng liáng

brace girder

梁上君子
liáng shàng jūn zǐ

lit. the gentleman on the roof beam

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]

梁启超
liáng qǐ chāo

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

梁园
liáng yuán

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

梁园区
liáng yuán qū

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

梁子湖
liáng zi hú

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

梁子湖区
liáng zi hú qū

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

梁山
liáng shān

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

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])

梁山市
liáng shān shì

Liangshan city in Shandong

梁山县
liáng shān xiàn

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

梁平
liáng píng

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

梁平县
liáng píng xiàn

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

梁振英
liáng zhèn yīng

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

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

梁朝
liáng cháo

Liang Dynasty (502-557)

梁木
liáng mù

beam

梁架
liáng jià

roof beam

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

梁湘
liáng xiāng

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

梁漱溟
liáng shù míng

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

梁祝
liáng zhù

The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale

梁赞
liáng zàn

Ryazan, Russian town

梁辰鱼
liáng chén yú

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

梁静茹
liáng jìng rú

Fish Leong (1978-), Malaysian pop singer

梁龙
liáng lóng

diplodocus

横梁
héng liáng

beam

津梁
jīn liáng

lit. ferry bridge

浮梁
fú liáng

Fuliang county in Jingdezhen 景德鎮|景德镇, Jiangxi

浮梁县
fú liáng xiàn

Fuliang county in Jingdezhen 景德鎮|景德镇, Jiangxi

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

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

箱梁
xiāng liáng

box girder (construction)

结梁子
jié liáng zi

(slang) to start a feud

纵梁
zòng liáng

longitudinal beam

绕梁三日
rào liáng sān rì

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

脊梁骨
jǐ liang gǔ

backbone

萧梁
xiāo liáng

Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)

逼上梁山
bī shàng liáng shān

driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels

铜梁
tóng liáng

Tongliang suburban county in Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

铜梁县
tóng liáng xiàn

Tongliang suburban county in Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan

钢梁
gāng liáng

steel beam

雕梁画栋
diāo liáng huà dòng

richly ornamented (building)

顶梁柱
dǐng liáng zhù

pillar

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)

余音绕梁
yú yīn rào liáng

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

余响绕梁
yú xiǎng rào liáng

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

高梁
gāo liáng

Takahashi (name)

高梁川
gāo liáng chuān

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

高梁市
gāo liáng shì

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

鼻梁
bí liáng

bridge of the nose