pillar; prop; column used for support

The backbone or vertebral column of humans and other vertebrates; also called [[脊梁骨|脊梁骨|ji3 liang5 gu3]] or [[脊梁|脊梁|ji3 liang2]]

pillar; post; column; upright support made of wood, stone, or concrete in a building

post forming the side of a door or gate

upright post; vertical column

cylinder; column; also called [[圆柱体|圓柱體|yuan2 zhu4 ti3]]

A pillar or post made of stone; a stela or obelisk

A person or group that stands firm and plays a crucial supporting role during a crisis; a cornerstone or tower of strength. This idiom originally referred to Mount Dizhu standing firm in the middle of the Yellow River.

a column or shaft of light; a light beam

the main pillar that supports the ridgepole or roof beam of a house

a post or pillar supporting a lamp or street light

a spike of ice hanging from an eave or other surface, formed by the freezing of dripping water

(literary) the column that supports the sky in ancient legends

Literally "to steal the rafters and replace them with pillars"; to secretly swap the original for a fake or change the nature of something through underhanded tricks.

(literary) the pillars that according to mythology support the sky; often used figuratively to refer to someone who is a pillar of the state

the horizontal beams and vertical pillars used to support a building

cylinder (geometry)

the top end or head of a pillar, post, or column; (architecture) capital or column head

the columns of a building and the stone bases that support them

plunger; piston, such as in an automotive engine

Tianzhu County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province

A pillar or key person in an organization or team; the most important member who holds things together.

literally meaning to support the sky as a single pillar; used to describe someone who is capable of independently carrying out crucial tasks or bearing a great responsibility

a thick column of smoke rising straight up into the air

Hung Hsiu-chu (1948-), Taiwanese Kuomintang (KMT) politician

a birth defect where there is incomplete closing of the backbone and membranes around the spinal cord

The star performer or main attraction of a theatrical troupe

a cylinder or its curved surface; the figure formed by a set of parallel lines passing through a fixed curve

The column of mercury found in instruments like thermometers that expands or contracts to indicate a reading; also known as [[汞柱|汞柱|gong4 zhu4]].

The stalk of a flower's pistil that connects the stigma to the ovary; serves as the tube through which pollen travels to the ovary.

Shizhu Tujia autonomous county in the municipality of Chongqing

A polyhedron consisting of two identical and parallel polygons for its bases and parallelograms for its sides.

stone base used to support a column or pillar in traditional architecture

A section of an ore body or a built column left in place during underground mining to support the roof and protect tunnels or surface structures.

A hill formerly located in the middle of the Yellow River at Sanmenxia in Henan province, used metaphorically for firmness and strength

a pillar or column of flame

A silicate mineral of beryllium and aluminum, typically found in granite or mica, which occurs as hexagonal crystals and is used as a gemstone.

jade pillar that holds up the heavens; a person who takes on a great responsibility or serves as a mainstay

a mineral found in metamorphic rocks, used in making spark plugs and other heat-resistant ceramics

a pillar or support used to sustain an arched structure or vault

a stream or jet of water that rises or falls in the shape of a column, such as from a fountain or fire hydrant

A polyhedron with two identical, parallel bases and parallelogram sides; commonly categorized by the shape of its base, such as [[三角柱|三角柱|san1 jiao3 zhu4]] (triangular prism).

the thick, circular muscle in bivalve mollusks that connects the two shells and allows them to close

someone or something that stands firm in the face of crisis and plays a crucial role; originally referring to Mount Dizhu standing firm in the torrents of the Yellow River

a solid geometric figure whose two ends are similar, equal, and parallel rectilinear figures, and whose sides are parallelograms

millimeter of mercury (mmHg); a unit of pressure

A whirlwind that carries sand or dust into the air in a pillar-like shape

Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in [[重庆|重慶|chong2 qing4]]

To be stubborn or inflexible; refers to sticking to old ways and being unable to adapt to changing circumstances. Literally, to glue the tuning bridges of a zither so that the pitch cannot be adjusted.