挑大梁 — “To bear the main responsibility or burden”
挑大梁 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to bear the main responsibility or burden”. To play a leading or pivotal role. Literally, “carry the main beam”.
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挑大梁 Pronunciation and Pinyin
挑大梁 Character Breakdown
Stroke OrderExample Sentence with 挑大梁
这次公司举办的年度活动，他主动挑起了大梁，负责统筹协调所有事务。
For this year's annual company event, he voluntarily took on the main responsibility, coordinating all matters.
Idioms Related to 挑大梁
More idioms starting with 挑
- tiāo挑sān三xián嫌sì四to be overly picky and find fault
- tiāo挑sān三jiǎn拣sì四overly particular or fussy
- tiāo挑sān三bō拨sì四sow discord and stir up trouble
- tiāo挑sān三jiǎn检sì四overly picky and fastidious
- tiǎo挑sān三wō窝sì四sow discord and stir up trouble
- tiāo挑sān三huō豁sì四stir up trouble
- tiāo挑yāo么tiāo挑liù六to be picky and find fault
- tiǎo挑chún唇liào料zuǐ嘴bicker noisily over trivial matters
- tiāo挑zì字yǎn眼er儿nitpick over words
- tiāo挑yāo幺tiāo挑liù六to be excessively picky
- tiǎo挑dé得lán篮lǐ里biàn便shì是cài菜take whatever is available
- tiǎo挑bō拨shān煽huò惑sow discord and instigate trouble
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Open the tool →Questions about 挑大梁
What does 挑大梁 mean?
挑大梁 (tiǎo dà liáng) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to bear the main responsibility or burden”.
How do you pronounce 挑大梁?
挑大梁 is pronounced tiǎo dà liáng in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 挑大梁 literally mean?
Literally, 挑大梁 means “carry the main beam”. It is used to mean “to bear the main responsibility or burden”.
What is the Chinese definition of 挑大梁?
承担关键的任务，承担对全局有主要作用的工作。比喻起骨干作用