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一柱擎天

yī zhù qíng tiān

4-character word

What 一柱擎天 means

1. lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
2. fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders

The characters in 一柱擎天

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 柱zhùpillar
• 擎qíngto raise; to hold up; to lift up
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven

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