龍骨車
lóng​gǔ​chē

square-pallet chain pump

  • created sense approved 龙骨车/龍骨車 · lóng​gǔ​chē · square-pallet chain pump — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    龙骨车 / 龍骨車

    lóng​gǔ​chē

    square-pallet chain pump

    A wooden water wheel used for irrigation in agriculture. It consists of a long chain of paddles inside a trough that resemble a dragon's spine; can be powered by people, animals, or wind.

    龙骨 (literal) → 龙骨/龍骨 · lóng​gǔ · dragon bones (mythology) 车 (literal) → 车/車 · chē · machine

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

    created sense