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HSK
mainstay / pillar / prop / backbone
HSK 7-9
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  *柱* | 柱* | *柱
pillar / CL:
column / cylinder
stream of water (as from a fountain or a faucet); jet of water
pillar / backbone
moral pillars / spiritual props
pillar / mainstay / star performer
lit. to steal a rafter and replace it with a column / to replace the original with a fake / to perpetrate a fraud (idiom)
light beam / light pillar (atmospheric optics)
Tianzhu county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture 黔東南州|黔东南州, Guizhou
pillars supporting heaven
Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in Chongqing 重慶|重庆
stela / upright stone / obelisk
icicle
mainstay / cornerstone / tower of strength
spinal column / columna vertebralis
column of flame
the cylindrical adductor muscle of bivalve shellfish such as scallops
(seafood) adductor muscle of a scallop or pen shell
lit. the dragon-fly shakes the stone tower (idiom); fig. to overestimate one's capabilities
style (female organ of flower)
doorpost
distance marker / pole marking distance on racetrack
main supporting pillar
Hung Hsiu-chu (1948-), Taiwanese KMT politician
pillar of a vault
millimeter of mercury / mmHg (unit of pressure)
lamppost
solar pillar / sun pillar (atmospheric optics)
nuclear column
millibar (unit of pressure)
prism
vascular column
iron pillar / iron rod


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