What Is a Buttress?

support. Hold up; hold up.
[zh zhù]
Word: Pillar
Pinyin: zhzhù
English translation: support; bolster; pillar; prop; mainstay; support; prop up
Basic explanation
Support
2. Supporting pillars. metaphor
2. Supporting pillars. Metaphor of the nucleus.
Pillar industries
Also called "leading industry." The production sector that plays a guiding and promoting role in the development of the national economy. Its characteristics are: large market demand potential, large-scale output possibility, fast development speed, and conducive to improving macroeconomic and social benefits. China's current pillar industries are machinery and electronics, petrochemicals, automobile manufacturing and construction.