| 栋梁 | dòng liáng | ridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state) | |
| 雕梁画栋 | diāo liáng huà dòng | richly ornamented (building) | |
| 汗牛充栋 | hàn niú chōng dòng | lit. enough books to make a pack-ox sweat or to fill a house to the rafters (idiom); fig. many books | |
| 吴作栋 | wú zuò dòng | Goh Chok Tong (1941-), Singapore businessman and politician, prime minister 1990-2004 | |
| 画栋雕梁 | huà dòng diāo liáng | a richly ornamented building (idiom) |
