柱子
zhù zi
Pinyin

Definition

柱子
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zhù zi
  1. pillar
  2. CL:根[gēn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
女子
nǚ zǐ
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 female
妻子
qī zǐ
  1. 1 wife and children
子
zǐ
  1. 1 son
  2. 2 child
  3. 3 seed
  4. 4 egg
  5. 5 small thing
  6. 6 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
  7. 7 Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  8. 8 ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
孩子
hái zi
  1. 1 child

Idioms (20)

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
一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel

Sample Sentences

你家？看到这根柱子没有？柱子左边是你家，右边是我家，你的垃圾在右边！
nǐ jiā ？kàndào zhè gēn zhùzi méiyǒu ？zhùzi zuǒbiān shì nǐ jiā ，yòubiān shì wǒjiā ，nǐ de lājī zài yòubiān ！
Your home? Do you see that pillar? To the left of the pillar is your home, to the right is my home, your rubbish is on the right!
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大象又高又大，腿就像宫殿的柱子一样粗，最高的人走过去，还不到大象的肚子。
dàxiàng yòu gāo yòu dà ，tuǐ jiù xiàng gōngdiàn de zhùzi yīyàng cū ，zuì gāo de rén zǒu guòqù ，hái bùdào dàxiàng de dùzi 。
The elephant was both tall and large. Its legs were as thick as the palace's pillars. The tallest person could stand next to it and not even come up to its belly.
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