棟梁
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English
- ridgepole
- ridgepole and beams
- person able to bear heavy responsibility
- mainstay (of organization)
- pillar (of state)
- pillar; usually used to refer to important people upon which society depends
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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