to pull up mountains and lift heavy cauldrons; possessing Herculean strength

(slang) a person who protects prostitutes or provides them with security

(slang) gang leader or head of a group; person in charge of a specific territory

To take up the main task or responsibility; to play a key role in a project or organization.

A worker employed to carry loads or cargo on their shoulders.

An arrogant or high-handed person; someone who insists on raising their own status and refuses to yield

(slang) the leader of a gang; the person in charge or the best in a particular field

To work as a farm laborer or long-term hired hand for a landlord or other employer; typically used in a historical context.

A person who carries heavy loads on their shoulders or back for others; a manual laborer or carrier.

(dialect) manual laborer who carries heavy loads on their shoulders or back for a living; a porter

(dialect) a haughty or defiant person; one who carries themselves arrogantly

(colloquial) to work as a long-term hired laborer or farmhand

To work as a farm laborer on a year-round or yearly basis; to be a long-term laborer.

To lift a heavy sacrificial tripod; (metaphorically) to possess great strength, to be capable of handling a monumental task, or to occupy a leading position.

to meet with complete failure or lose one's investment; originally from Taiwanese Hokkien

to interfere in someone else's business or to butt in unexpectedly; (variant form)

possessing such immense power in one's calligraphy or writing that it could lift a heavy tripod; describes extremely forceful and vigorous prose or artistic style

to carry something on one's shoulder