栏杆 (欄杆)
lán gān
Pinyin

Definition

栏杆 (欄杆)
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lán gān
  1. railing
  2. banister

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

gān
  1. 1 pole
  2. 2 classifier: 条 tiáo
  3. 3 classifier: 根 gēn
tiě gān
  1. 1 iron (golf club)
diàn xiàn gān
  1. 1 electric pole
  2. 2 telephone pole
  3. 3 lamppost
  4. 4 classifier: 根 gēn
tào mǎ gǎn
  1. 1 lasso on long wooden pole
lā gān
  1. 1 tension bar

Idioms (1)

立杆见影
lì gān jiàn yǐng
  1. 1 lit. put up a pole and see the shadow (idiom); to expect instant results

Sample Sentences

那天雨下个不停。我打着伞,靠在车站的栏杆上等着。不知不觉,到了傍晚。她,始终没有出现。
nà tiān yǔ xià ge bùtíng 。wǒ dǎzhe sǎn ,kào zài chēzhàn de lángān shàng děng zhe 。bùzhībùjué ,dào le bàngwǎn 。tā ,shǐzhōng méiyǒu chūxiàn 。
That day, it wouldn't stop raining. I was holding my umbrella, leaning up against the railing at the station and just waiting. Before I knew it, it was nightfall. She hadn't come at all.