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桁梁

héng liáng

2-character word

What 桁梁 means

1. brace girder

The characters in 桁梁

• 桁hángcangue (stocks to punish criminals)
• 梁liángroof beam; beam (structure); bridge

Sounds the same

Read héng liáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 衡量to weigh; to examine; to consider
• 横梁beam

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