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上梁

shàng liáng

2-character word Traditional 上樑

What 上梁 means

1. to lay an upper beam
2. (a building's) upper beam
3. (a bicycle's) top tube

The characters in 上梁

• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 梁liángroof beam; beam (structure); bridge

Example sentences

• 上梁不正下梁歪。
  Shàngliángbùzhèngxiàliángwāi.
  A fish rots from the head down.

Words starting with 上梁

• 上梁不正下梁歪shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāilit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom)…

Words containing 上梁

• 逼上梁山bī shàng liáng shāndriven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels; to drive to revolt…