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Character Decomposition
撑=扌+掌
Etymology
hand
Meanings
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
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Words with 撑 76 total
to punt · to pole a boat撑船chēng chuánto resist · to struggle · to sustain撑拒chēng jùto support · to brace撑腰chēng yāoto prop up · to support · strut · brace支撑zhī chēngto use all one's willpower (to do sth) · to hang in there强撑qiǎng chēngto hold up an umbrella撑伞chēng sǎn(fig.) to sustain · to shore up撑持chēng chía pole · a prop撑杆chēng gānfull to the point of bursting · (coll.) at most撑死chēng sǐto burst撑破chēng pòto stretch taut · to open (an umbrella) · to hold (a bag etc) open · to prop open撑开chēng kāito make oneself do sth in spite of adversity, pain etc硬撑yìng chēngframe worn under a skirt; underskirt裙撑qún chēngpush-up; press-up (exercise)俯卧撑fǔ wò chēngto keep up appearances; to put up a front撑场面chēng chǎng miànto keep up appearances · to put up a front撑门面chēng mén miànpole vault撑竿跳chēng gān tiàobracket支撑架zhī chēng jià
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