上樑 [－梁]

Jyutping soeng6 loeng2
Pinyin shàng liáng

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. noun, of buildings
    main beam
  2. noun, of bicycles
    crossbar; top tube
  3. verb
    to put the beams in place in building a wooden house
  4. verb, Hakka
    to climb onto a beam

上樑 [－梁]

Jyutping
Pinyin shàng liáng

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to lay an upper beam
  2. (a building's) upper beam
  3. (a bicycle's) top tube
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    上梁不正下梁歪。
    上樑不正下樑歪。
    shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi 。
    • A fish rots from the head down.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    上梁不正下梁歪
    上樑不正下樑歪
    shàng liáng bù zhèng xià liáng wāi
    • If a leader sets a bad example, subordinates are likely to follow suit. (Literally: “If the top beam is not straight, the lower beams will be crooked”.)