肩扛 (jiānkáng): to carry on one's shoulder

Meanings

1 to carry on one's shoulder
2 to shoulder (a load)

Characters

肩

to carry on the shoulder

Examples

工人肩扛着一袋大米走进仓库。

Gōngrén jiānkáng zhe yī dài dàmǐ zǒu jìn cāngkù.

The worker carried a sack of rice on his shoulder into the warehouse.

他肩扛重任，毫无怨言。

Tā jiānkáng zhòngrèn, háo wú yuànyán.

He shouldered heavy responsibility without a word of complaint.

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usage

Used both literally (carrying objects) and figuratively (shouldering duties: 肩扛重任 jiānkáng zhòngrèn). 扛 is pronounced káng for 'carry on shoulder' but gāng in classical compounds like 力能扛鼎 (lì néng gāng dǐng, 'strong enough to lift a cauldron').