中流砥柱
zhōng​liú​dǐ​zhù

mainstay

  • created reference approved 中流砥柱 → 砥柱中流 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    中流砥柱 zhōng​liú​dǐ​zhù

    砥柱中流 dǐ​zhù​zhōng​liú

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 中流砥柱 · zhōng​liú​dǐ​zhù · mainstay — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    中流砥柱

    zhōng​liú​dǐ​zhù

    mainstay

    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.

    中流 (literal) → 中流 · zhōng​liú · midstream 砥柱 (literal) → 砥柱 · dǐ​zhù · Mount Dizhu

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense