"Pillar IV" Chinese-English Dictionary
| Chinese | Pinyin | Translation | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 支柱 | mainstay / pillar / prop / backbone | syn | |
| 柱子 | pillar / CL:根[gen1] | syn | |
| 邮筒 郵筒 | mailbox / pillar box / (old) letter | syn | |
| 顶梁柱 頂梁柱 | pillar / backbone | syn | |
| 承重 | (usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load / load-bearing (wall, pillar etc) | ||
| 主心骨 | backbone / mainstay / pillar / definite view / one's own judgment | syn | |
| 台柱 | pillar / mainstay / star performer | syn | |
| 光柱 | light beam / light pillar (atmospheric optics) | syn | |
| 栋梁 棟梁 | ridgepole / ridgepole and beams / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) | syn | |
| 华表 華表 | marble pillar (ornamental column in front of places, tombs) | ||
| 柱石 | pillar | syn | |
| 柱 | pillar / CL:根[gen1] | syn | |
| 楹 | pillar | ||
| 樘 | pillar / door post / door or window frame / classifier for doors or windows | syn | |
| 樘 | a pillar | syn | |
| 炮烙 | the hot pillar (ancient Chinese torture instrument) | ||
| 桓 | Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi) / big / pillar (old) | ||
| 桢 楨 | (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone | ||
| 枋 | Santalum album / square wooden pillar | ||
| 大器晚成 | lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom) / fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day | syn | |
| 拱柱 | pillar of a vault | ||
| 雕楹碧槛 雕楹碧檻 | carved pillar, jade doorsill (idiom) / heavily decorated environment | ||
| 一柱擎天 | lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom) / fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders | ||
| 太阳光柱 太陽光柱 | solar pillar / sun pillar (atmospheric optics) | ||
| 梲 | club (weapon) / small pillar | ||
| 拱墩 | pillar of a vault | ||
| 柱梁 | pillar | ||
| 梁木 | beam / rafter / lintel / person able to bear heavy responsibility / mainstay (of organization) / pillar (of state) | ||
| 榰 | base of pillar / prop | ||
| 钢柱 鋼柱 | iron pillar / iron rod | ||
| 业绩支柱 業績支柱 | performance pillar | ||
| 支柱部门 支柱部門 | pillar | ||
| 界石地点评估勘 界石地點評估勘 | pillar site assessment survey / emplacement survey | ||
| 界石安置勘查 | pillar site assessment survey / emplacement survey | ||
| 第五支柱 | 5th Pillar | ||
| 经幢 經幢 | Buddhist stone pillar | ||
| 趸柱 躉柱 | main supporting pillar | ||
| 炮烙 | form of torture said to have been used by King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 Wang2] in which the victim was forced onto a bronze pillar heated by a fire |