Read Edit View history 土牛 tǔniú clay ox Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 土牛 tǔniú clay ox a clay statue of an ox used in ancient ceremonies on the first day of spring to encourage farming; also called 春牛 chūnniú mound of earth a mound of earth placed on a dike or dam to be used for emergency repairs, so named because it resembles an ox from a distance wheelbarrow (literary) an old alternate name for a 独轮车 dúlúnchē Earth Ox the 26th year in the Chinese Sexagenary Cycle (jǐ chǒu) Frequency Written text 0.041 per million Cross-References Synonym 春牛 chūnniúSame as 独轮车 dúlúnchē Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
土牛 tǔniú clay ox a clay statue of an ox used in ancient ceremonies on the first day of spring to encourage farming; also called 春牛 chūnniú mound of earth a mound of earth placed on a dike or dam to be used for emergency repairs, so named because it resembles an ox from a distance wheelbarrow (literary) an old alternate name for a 独轮车 dúlúnchē Earth Ox the 26th year in the Chinese Sexagenary Cycle (jǐ chǒu) Frequency Written text 0.041 per million Cross-References Synonym 春牛 chūnniúSame as 独轮车 dúlúnchē Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)