bǎn​zhù

to build with rammed earth

  • created sense approved 板筑/板築 · bǎn​zhù · to build with rammed earth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    板筑 / 板築

    bǎn​zhù

    to build with rammed earth

    to construct a wall by tamping earth between two wooden boards; rammed-earth construction

    bǎn​zhú

    板 (literal) → 板 · bǎn · board 筑 (literal) → 筑/築 · zhù · to build

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  • created sense approved 板筑/板築 · bǎn​zhù · lowly status — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    板筑 / 板築

    bǎn​zhù

    lowly status

    (literary) of humble or low status, often in reference to the legendary sage [[傅说|傅說|fu4 yue4]] who was discovered while working as a manual laborer building rammed-earth walls

    bǎn​zhú

    板 (literal) → 板 · bǎn · board 筑 (literal) → 筑/築 · zhù · to build

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

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