lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom); fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
Characters in this word
4一
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one, single, a (article), as soon as, entire; whole; all; throughout, "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1), also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
- Pinyin
- yī
- Strokes
- 1
- Frequency
- 158 of 2500
柱
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pillar, CL:根[gen1]
- Pinyin
- zhù
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 28901 of 2500
擎
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to raise; to hold up; to lift up
- Pinyin
- qíng
- Strokes
- 16
天
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day, sky, heaven
- Pinyin
- tiān
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 211 of 2500