Meaning of 戽斗
戽斗 means old-style irrigation tool; bucket for lifting water from a river or well. Pronounced hù dǒu.
- old-style irrigation tool; bucket for lifting water from a river or well
Definitions & Examples
Jiù旧
shí时
de的
nóng农
mín民
cháng常
yòng用
hù戽
dǒu斗
cóng从
hé河
lǐ里
jí汲
shuǐ水
guàn灌
gài溉
dào稻
tián田
。
Farmers in the old days often used irrigation buckets to draw water from the river to flood the rice paddies.
Zhè这
zhǒng种
hù戽
dǒu斗
xū需
yào要
liǎng两
gè个
rén人
pèi配
hé合
，
yī一
rén人
lā拉
yī一
biān边
de的
shéng绳
zi子
。
This type of water bucket requires two people to cooperate, with each person pulling the rope on one side.
Suí随
zhe着
chōu抽
shuǐ水
jī机
de的
pǔ普
jí及
，
hù戽
dǒu斗
yǐ已
jīng经
hěn很
shǎo少
jiàn见
le了
。
With the popularization of water pumps, irrigation buckets have become rarely seen.