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"rafters" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
梁架 liáng jià roof beam / rafters
Chinese Pinyin Translation
汗牛充栋 汗牛充棟 hàn niú chōng dòng lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom) / fig. many books syn
满坑满谷 滿坑滿谷 mǎn kēng mǎn gǔ (idiom) all over the place / in every nook and cranny / packed to the rafters syn
甍 méng rafters supporting tiles / ridge of a roof
绕梁三日 繞梁三日 rào liáng sān rì reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom) / fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
余音绕梁 餘音繞梁 yú yīn rào liáng reverberates around the rafters (idiom) / fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice) syn
余响绕梁 餘響繞梁 yú xiǎng rào liáng reverberates around the rafters (idiom) / fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)
出头的椽子先烂 出頭的椽子先爛 chū tóu de chuán zi xiān làn lit. rafters that jut out rot first (idiom) / fig. anyone who makes himself conspicuous will be targeted for attack
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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