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梁上君子

liáng shàng jūn zǐ

4-character word

What 梁上君子 means

1. lit. the gentleman on the roof beam
2. fig. a thief

The characters in 梁上君子

• 梁liángroof beam; beam (structure); bridge
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…
• 君jūnmonarch; lord; gentleman
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

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