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椽chuán
  • beam
  • rafter
  • classifier for rooms
🖌️ 椽 Strokes
椽chuán子zi
  • beam
  • rafter
🖌️ 椽 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes
出chū头tóu的de椽chuán子zi先xiān烂làn
Trad. 出頭的椽子先爛
  • lit. rafters that jut out rot first (idiom)
  • fig. anyone who makes himself conspicuous will be targeted for attack
🖌️ 出 Strokes 🖌️ 头 Strokes 🖌️ 的 Strokes 🖌️ 椽 Strokes 🖌️ 子 Strokes 🖌️ 先 Strokes 🖌️ 烂 Strokes

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