(yōu) - A wooden mallet or club used for breaking & an ancient agricultural tool similar to a hoe

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A wooden mallet or club used for breaking up clods of earth in farming;

an ancient agricultural tool similar to a hoe or mattock.

A wooden mallet or club used for breakingan ancient agricultural tool similar to a hoe

Usage highlights

wooden malletagricultural toolclodancient farming implement

Synonyms

  • wooden mallet for covering seeds (similar agricultural tool)

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The farmer used a wooden mallet (櫌) to break up the soil.
  • Ancient agricultural tools included the hoe and the clod-breaking mallet (櫌).
  • This museum displays traditional farming implements like the 櫌.

Collocations

  • wooden mallet(木櫌)
  • agricultural tool(农櫌)
  • clod-breaking mallet(碎土櫌)
  • ancient farming implement(古农具櫌)

Idioms

  • To till the land with hoe and mallet(耰而不辍)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Appears in classical Chinese texts describing ancient farming methods.
  • Represents early agricultural technology in Chinese civilization.
  • Mentioned in historical records about farming implements.

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