hāng​tǔ

to ram earth

  • created sense approved 夯土 · hāng​tǔ · to ram earth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    夯土

    hāng​tǔ

    to ram earth

    to compact soil by tamping or pounding it, often to build a wall or foundation

    夯 (literal) → 夯 · hāng · to ram; rammer 土 (literal) → 土 · tǔ · soil

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  • created sense approved 夯土 · hāng​tǔ · rammed earth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    夯土

    hāng​tǔ

    rammed earth

    soil that has been compacted and hardened into a building material

    夯 (literal) → 夯 · hāng · to ram; rammer 土 (literal) → 土 · tǔ · soil

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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