zhǐ​nán​chē

south-pointing carriage

  • created reference approved 指南车/指南車 → 辆/輛 (classifier) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    指南车 / 指南車 zhǐ​nán​chē

    辆 / 輛 liàng

    classifier

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 指南车/指南車 → 司南车/司南車 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    指南车 / 指南車 zhǐ​nán​chē

    司南车 / 司南車 sī​nán​chē

    same_as

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  • created sense approved 指南车/指南車 · zhǐ​nán​chē · south-pointing carriage — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    指南车 / 指南車

    zhǐ​nán​chē

    south-pointing carriage

    A mechanical chariot featuring a wooden figure that always points south through a gear system, used in ancient China for navigation

    指南 (literal) → 指南 · zhǐ​nán · to guide 车 (literal) → 车/車 · chē · vehicle

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

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