created sense approved 棘轮/棘輪 · jílún · ratchet — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
棘轮 / 棘輪
jílún
ratchet
a mechanical wheel with saw-like teeth that allows motion in only one direction; ratchet wheel
棘 (literal) → 棘 · jí · thorns 轮 (literal) → 轮/輪 · lún · wheel
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition