"Prop" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhī zhù mainstay / pillar / prop / backbone
 dào jù prop (theater) / paraphernalia / (gaming) item / artifact
 chēng gān a pole / a prop
 chēng a prop / a shore
 zhī base of pillar / prop
 zhī chēng to prop up / to support / strut / brace
 zhī jià trestle / support / frame / to prop sth up
 péi chèn to enhance by contrast / to set off / to serve as a background in order to bring out the subject with greater brilliance / to serve as a prop / a foil
 dǐ to press against / to support / to prop up / to resist / to equal / to balance / to make up for / to mortgage / to arrive at / to clap (one's hands) lightly (expressing delight) (Taiwan pr. [zhi3] for this sense)
 chēng to support / to prop up / to push or move with a pole / to maintain / to open or unfurl / to fill to bursting point / brace / stay / support
 zhǔ to lean on / to prop on
 yī mù nán zhī lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom) / fig. one is helpless alone
 jiàn to prop up
 zhuāng shì dào jù (theater) set dressing / trim prop
 zhī prop up
 kēng mù pit prop
 suí shēn dào jù (theater) personal prop (spectacles, fan etc)
 xiǎo dào jù (theater) hand prop (wine glass, pistol etc)
 dà dào jù (theater) set prop (desk, chairs etc)
 chéng tuō to support / to bear (a weight) / to prop up
 chēng kāi to stretch taut / to open (an umbrella) / to hold (a bag etc) open / to prop open
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