mài​jiā

flail

  • created sense approved 麦枷/麥枷 · mài​jiā · flail — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    麦枷 / 麥枷

    mài​jiā

    flail

    a manual threshing tool consisting of a wooden staff with a short, heavy stick swinging from it

    麦 (literal) → 麦/麥 · mài · wheat 枷 (literal) → 枷 · jiā · cangue

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 麦枷/麥枷 · mài​jiā · to thresh — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    麦枷 / 麥枷

    mài​jiā

    to thresh

    to beat grain from its husks using a flail

    麦 (literal) → 麦/麥 · mài · wheat 枷 (literal) → 枷 · jiā · cangue

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

    created sense