lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
Characters in this word
6上
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used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
- Pinyin
- shǎng
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 61 of 2500
梁
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Liang Dynasty (502–557), Later Liang Dynasty (907–923), surname Liang
- Pinyin
- Liáng
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 21662 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
正
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first month of the lunar year
- Pinyin
- zhēng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 588 of 2500
下
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down, downwards, below, lower, later, next (week etc), second (of two parts), to decline, to go down, to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc), measure word to show the frequency of an action
- Pinyin
- xià
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 184 of 2500
歪
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askew, at a crooked angle, devious, noxious, (coll.) to lie on one's side
- Pinyin
- wāi
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 10919 of 2500