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梁上君子

Mandarin · pinyin liáng shàng jūn zǐ

Meanings

  1. lit. the gentleman on the roof beam
  2. fig. a thief
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梁
liáng · bridge; beam; rafters; surname
上
shàng · top; superior, highest; go up, send up
君
jūn · sovereign, monarch, ruler, chief, prince
子
zǐ · offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
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2–4–1–3 · liang2 shang4 jun1 zi3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

loeng4 soeng6 gwan1 zi2

Cantonese word readings for 梁上君子. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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