栋梁之才

棟梁之才
dòngliángzhīcái
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 a pillar of talent
  2. 2 someone capable of bearing great responsibility
  3. 3 a person able to support the nation

Examples

Zhè suǒ dàxué péiyǎng le xǔduō guójiā de dòng liáng zhī cái.
This university has cultivated many pillars of the nation.
Xīwàng zhè pī xuésheng jiānglái dōu néng chéngwéi dòng liáng zhī cái.
We hope these students will all become talents capable of supporting the nation.

Tips

memory
= ridgepole, = beam — the two main load-bearing timbers in a traditional Chinese house. A 栋梁之才 is the kind of person an institution or country is structurally built on.

Stroke Order

dòng
liáng
zhī
cái