拱柱
gǒng zhù
Pinyin

Definition

拱柱
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gǒng zhù
  1. pillar of a vault

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

gǒng shǒu
  1. 1 to cup one's hands in obeisance or greeting
  2. 2 (fig.) submissive
zhī zhù
  1. 1 mainstay
  2. 2 pillar
  3. 3 prop
  4. 4 backbone
zhù
  1. 1 pillar
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn]
zhù zi
  1. 1 pillar
  2. 2 CL:根[gēn]
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
bīng zhù
  1. 1 icicle
yuán zhù xíng
  1. 1 cylindrical
gǒng
  1. 1 to cup one's hands in salute
  2. 2 to surround
  3. 3 to arch
  4. 4 to dig earth with the snout
  5. 5 arched
Gǒng shù qū
  1. 1 Gongshu district of Hangzhou city 杭州市[Háng zhōu shì], Zhejiang
gǒng xíng
  1. 1 arch
gǒng qiáo
  1. 1 arch bridge
gǒng mén
  1. 1 arched door
shuǐ zhù
  1. 1 stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet)
  2. 2 jet of water
dēng zhù
  1. 1 lamppost
Shí zhù
  1. 1 Shizhu Tujia autonomous county, Chongqing
jǐ zhù
  1. 1 spinal column
  2. 2 columna vertebralis
mén zhù
  1. 1 doorpost
dǐng liáng zhù
  1. 1 pillar
  2. 2 backbone
zhōng liú dǐ zhù
  1. 1 mainstay
  2. 2 cornerstone
  3. 3 tower of strength
tōu liáng huàn zhù
  1. 1 lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
  2. 2 to replace the original with a fake
  3. 3 to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)

Idioms (6)

一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
偷梁换柱
tōu liáng huàn zhù
  1. 1 lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column
  2. 2 to replace the original with a fake
  3. 3 to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
拱手旁观
gǒng shǒu páng guān
  1. 1 to watch from the sidelines and do nothing (idiom)
拱手相让
gōng shǒu xiāng ràng
  1. 1 to bow and give way (idiom)
  2. 2 to surrender sth readily
众星拱辰
zhòng xīng gǒng chén
  1. 1 lit. all the stars revolve around Polaris 北辰[Běi chén] (idiom, from Analects); fig. to view sb as core figure
  2. 2 to group around a revered leader
蜻蜓撼石柱
qīng tíng hàn shí zhù
  1. 1 lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities

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