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pillar / CL:
HSK 6
column / cylinder
mainstay / cornerstone / tower of strength
main supporting pillar
lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column / to replace the original with a fake / to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
pillars supporting heaven
spinal column / columna vertebralis
iron pillar / iron rod
light beam / light pillar (atmospheric optics)
cuboid / rectangular prism (math.)
(sports) (cricket) wicket (set of stumps and bails)
cylinder (geometry)
mainstay / pillar / prop / backbone
HSK 7-9
distance marker / pole marking distance on racetrack
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pillar / CL:
millimeter of mercury / mmHg (unit of pressure)
pillar of a vault
solar pillar / sun pillar (atmospheric optics)
nuclear column
prism (math.)
the cylindrical adductor muscle of bivalve shellfish such as scallops
moral pillars / spiritual props
mainstay industry
column of flame
triangular prism (math.)
cylindrical
pillar / backbone
(seafood) adductor muscle of a scallop or pen shell
pillar
scoliosis
pillar / mainstay / star performer
plunger / (automotive) piston
prism
spina bifida
icicle
pillar
cylinder / prism (math.)
Hung Hsiu-chu (1948-), Taiwanese KMT politician
lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities
lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom) / fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
lamppost
vascular column
scoliosis
style (female organ of flower)
stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet); jet of water
Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆
doorpost
column shaft (architecture)
Stonehenge
(architecture) capital / column head / (botany) stigma
Tianzhu, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州, Guizhou
bar graph / bar diagram
hexagon socket head cap screw
Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆
stela / upright stone / obelisk
Shizhu Tujia autonomous county in Qianjiang suburbs of Chongqing municipality
bar chart
millibar (unit of pressure)
ankylosing spondylitis / Bechterew’s disease


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