樑木

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Chinese

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beam of roof tree; wood
trad. (樑木/梁木) /
simp. (梁木)

Etymology

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(to have a grudge; to nurse a grievance): From Matthew 7:3–4.

為甚麼看見弟兄眼中不想自己眼中梁木自己眼中梁木怎能弟兄去掉眼中 [MSC, trad.]
为什么看见弟兄眼中不想自己眼中梁木自己眼中梁木怎能弟兄去掉眼中 [MSC, simp.]
From: Matthew 7, Bible Chinese Union Version, English translation: New International Version
Wèishènme kànjiàn nǐ dìxiōng yǎnzhōng yǒu cì, què bùxiǎng zìjǐ yǎnzhōng yǒu liángmù ne? Nǐ zìjǐ yǎnzhōng yǒu liángmù, zěnnéng duì nǐ dìxiōng shuō, róng wǒ qùdiào nǐ yǎnzhōng de cì ne? [Pinyin]
Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye?

Pronunciation

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Noun

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樑木

  1. (figuratively) pillar; mainstay

Verb

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樑木

  1. (Internet slang) to have a grudge; to nurse a grievance [from 2018]