雕梁画栋 in English diao1 liang2 hua4 dong4 Meaning

Meanings

  • richly ornamented (building)

Simplified Characters

雕 梁 画 栋

Traditional Characters

雕 梁 畫 棟

Pinyin

diao1 liang2 hua4 dong4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

雕diao1variant of 雕[diao1], to engrave 梁liang2Liang Dynasty (502-557) 画hua4to draw 栋dong4classifier for houses or buildings