粵

撐caang3起hei2

caang3 hei2caang1 hei2chēng qǐinferred

English

  1. to be the (often only) backbone of an organisation, so that it will not collapse

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 成為組織入面嘅支柱，令佢唔會冧

Examples

  • 把千斤頂拿過來，我要把汽車撐起來。

    Bring the jack over. I'll jack up the car.

    Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY

  • 日本的經濟是由一群勤奮工作的大城市上班族支撐起的。

    Japan has an economy that is supported by hard-working company employees in big cities.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

Sources: rime-cantonese, synthesized, words.hk

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