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  WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 主要翻译 |  | pillar nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.  |  (architecture: column) | 柱子  zhù zi  |  |   |   | 支柱  zhī zhù |  |   | The roof is supported by four pillars. |  |   | 四个柱子支撑着屋顶。 |  | pillar nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.  |  (basis of ideas) (思想的) | 基础,支柱 
  |  |   | The belief that Christ is the son of God is one of the pillars of the Christian faith. |  |   | 基督教的信念基础之一就是相信基督是上帝之子。 |  | pillar of [sth] nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.  |  ([sth] shaped like a pillar) | 一柱…,一股… 
  |  |   | A pillar of smoke rose from the ruins. |  |   | 废墟中冒出一柱烟。 |  | pillar nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.  |  figurative (person: supportive) | 中流砥柱  zhōng liú dǐ zhù |  |   |   | 重要人士  zhòng yào rén shì |  |   |   | 栋梁  dòng liáng |  |   | Jane is a pillar of the local church. |  |   | 简是当地教会的中流砥柱。 |  
 WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 复合形式: |  mailbox,  UK: postbox,  pillar box nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.  |  US (in street: post box) | 信箱  xìn xiāng |  |   |   | 邮箱  yóu xiāng |  |   | The mailbox is emptied twice a day. |  
 Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011: pillar [ 'pIl&*]  n  [c] 柱子  zhùzi [根  gēn] -  a pillar of society/of the community
  社会(會)/社区(區)的支柱 shèhuì/shèqū de zhīzhù 
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