斗拱
dǒu gǒng
Pinyin
Definition
斗拱
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- interlocking wooden brackets between the top of a column and crossbeams used in traditional Chinese architecture
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to strive
- 2 to struggle
- 1 abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星[Běi dǒu xīng]
- 1 to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
- 2 (in palace construction) elaborate and refined
- 1 Great Bear
- 2 Big Dipper
- 3 Peitou town in Changhua county 彰化縣|彰化县[Zhāng huà xiàn], Taiwan
Idioms (20)
二虎相斗,必有一伤
- 1 lit. when two tigers fight, one is sure to be wounded (idiom)
- 2 fig. if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt
人不可貌相,海水不可斗量
- 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
两虎相斗
- 1 two tigers fight (idiom); fig. a dispute between two powerful adversaries
- 2 a battle of the giants
两虎相斗,必有一伤
- 1 when two tigers fight, one will get injured (idiom)
- 2 if it comes to a fight, someone will get hurt.
勾心斗角
- 1 to fight and scheme against each other (idiom)
- 2 (in palace construction) elaborate and refined