粵

棟dung6梁loeng4

simp栋梁
dung6 loeng4dòng liáng

English

  1. ridgepole
  2. ridgepole and beams
  3. person able to bear heavy responsibility
  4. mainstay (of organization)
  5. pillar (of state)
  6. pillar; usually used to refer to important people upon which society depends

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 支撐重量、承托建築物嘅柱,垂直嘅叫棟,水平嘅叫樑;通常比喻支持著一啲嘢運作嘅人

Examples

  • 細路仔係社會未來嘅棟樑。

    Children are the pillars of the future state.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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