(duǒ) - pile, stack, heap & target for archery practice

Tone 3

duǒ | 9 strokes | radical:

· duǒ

pile, stack, heap;

target for archery practice;

also used to refer to a battlement or rampart.

pile, stack, heaptarget for archery practicealso used to refer to a battlement or

Usage highlights

book pilearchery targetcity rampartfirewood stackbattlementstack up

Synonyms

  • pile, heap
  • pile, stack (variant)

Antonyms

  • scatter, disperse

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • He made a pile of books (书垜).
  • The archers aimed at the target (箭垜).
  • They built a defensive rampart (城垜).
  • A stack of firewood(柴垜)

Collocations

  • book pile(书垜)
  • archery target(箭垜)
  • city rampart(城垜)
  • firewood stack(柴垜)
  • battlement(垜口)
  • stack up(堆垜)

Idioms

  • To stack up words(堆垜辞藻)
  • Watchtowers and battlements(观垜亭台)
  • Archery target practice(射垜习武)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Used in ancient military contexts for defensive structures like battlements.
  • Appears in archery traditions as a term for targets.
  • In everyday use, denotes piled or stacked objects.

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