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handle in the shape of a hoop
brace girder
lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column / to replace the original with a fake / to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
beam
lit. ferry bridge / fig. interim measure over some difficulty / a guide
pillar / backbone
bridge of the nose
ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
HSK 7-9
bridge (lit. and fig.)
HSK 6
lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom) / fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly
to play a leading role / to bear a heavy responsibility
Lüliang, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省
the heroes of Liangshan Marsh (in the novel "Water Margin" 水滸傳|水浒传)
Liangping, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
capital of Wei during Warring states / CL:
(idiom) clownish troublemaker; contemptible buffoon
richly ornamented (building)
beam / rafter / lintel / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state)
backbone / spine / Taiwan pr. [ji3 liang5]
HSK 7-9
plate girder bridge
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Liang Dynasty (502–557) / Later Liang Dynasty (907–923) / surname Liang
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roof beam / beam (structure) / bridge
reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)
to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom) / see also 頭懸梁錐刺股|头悬梁锥刺股
to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting
Liang Shuming (1893-1988), modern philosopher and teacher in the neo-Confucian tradition
to criticize behind sb's back / back-biting
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, Yunnan
backbone
driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels / to drive to revolt / to force sb to desperate action
The Butterfly Lovers, Chinese folktale of the tragic love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai
diplodocus
Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
The Butterfly Lovers, a Chinese folktale (abbr. for 梁山伯與祝英台|梁山伯与祝英台)
(slang) to start a feud / to have a beef
Liangzihu, a district of Ezhou City 鄂州市, Hubei
Liangshan city in Shandong
Liang Xiang (1919-1989), first governor of Hainan
old name of Kaifeng 開封|开封
Leung Chun-ying (1954-), 3rd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
roof beam / rafters
longitudinal beam
Mongol surname
box girder (construction)
lit. the gentleman on the roof beam / fig. a thief
Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)
to lay an upper beam / (a building's) upper beam / (a bicycle's) top tube
pillar
Liangshan city and County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong
I-beam
Selina Chow (Chow Liang Shuk-yee) (1945-), Hong Kong politician
Liangshan County in Jining 濟寧|济宁, Shandong
(coll.) back (of a human or other vertebrate)
Fish Leong (1978-), Malaysian pop singer / also Leong Chui Peng or Jasmine Leong
Takahashigawa, river in Okayama prefecture 岡山縣|冈山县, Japan
Liang of the Southern dynasties (502-557)
another name for History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史|旧五代史
ruffian / bully
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, Yunnan
Ryazan, Russian city about 200 km southeast of Moscow
to jump up and down; to run rampant
steel beam / girder
Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture 岡山縣|冈山县, Japan
two-character surname Guliang / abbr. for 穀梁傳|谷梁传, Guliang Annals
Takahashi (name) / Takahashi city in Okayama prefecture, Japan / Highbridge (name)
Liangyuan, a district of Shangqiu City 商丘市, Henan
T-girder
Liang Dynasty (502-557)
Guliang Annals, commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋, first published during the Han Dynasty
Tongliang, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
Fuliang, a county in Jingdezhen City 景德鎮市|景德镇市, Jiangxi
reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
Liang Chenyu (1521-1594), Ming dramatist of the Kunshan opera school
mountain ridge
reverberates around the rafters (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
History of Liang of the Southern Dynasties, eighth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Yao Silian 姚思廉 in 636 during Tang dynasty, 56 scrolls
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White Crane Ridge at Fuling, Sichuan on the Changjiang River, that used to show above the water at dry periods, with famous carvings


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