耜 (sì) - An ancient Chinese spade-like farming tool, similar to
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An ancient Chinese spade-like farming tool, similar to a shovel or plowshare, used for tilling soil in early Chinese agriculture.
An ancient Chinese spade-like farming tool, similar to
Usage highlights
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Usage & contexts
Examples
- Archaeologists unearthed a stone farming implement (石耜).
- This ancient tool was used for digging soil (耜耕).
- The artifact resembles a primitive plowshare (耜形器).
- Early agricultural tools included various digging implements (耒耜).
Collocations
- plow and spade(耒耜)
- stone spade(石耜)
- wooden spade(木耜)
- bone spade(骨耜)
- spade cultivation(耜耕)
- spade-shaped implement(耜形器)
Idioms
- Plowing with plow and spade(耒耜之耕)
- The hardship of farming with simple tools(耒耜之劳)
- Ancient agricultural implements(古之耒耜)
Cultural background
FAQ- One of the earliest agricultural tools in ancient China, dating back to the Neolithic period.
- Often paired with 耒 (lěi) as 耒耜, representing basic farming implements in early Chinese agriculture.
- Symbolizes the dawn of Chinese civilization and the transition from hunting-gathering to settled agriculture.
- Frequently mentioned in classical texts describing early agricultural practices and tools.