一 柱 擎 天

yī zhù qíng tiāndictionary entry

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

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Original source entry:

一柱擎天 一柱擎天 [yi1 zhu4 qing2 tian1] /lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)/fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders/

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一
yī
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
柱
zhù
pillar / CL:根[gēn]
擎
qíng
to raise / to hold up / to lift up
天
tiān
day / sky / heaven

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