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Character · NounTraditional耙

toothless harrow; land-leveling tool

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Meanings

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1.

noun

toothless harrow; clod-crushing and land-leveling farm implement

literary

A specific agricultural tool used to break up soil clods and level fields. Distinguished from the more common 耙子 (pázi) which has teeth. This term is primarily found in literary or technical agricultural texts.

Nóng农
fū夫
shǒu手
chí持
zhú竹
bā耙
 ，
píng平
zhěng整
tián田
qí畦
 。

The farmer held a bamboo harrow, leveling the field ridges.

Zhè这
zhǒng种
wú无
chǐ齿
de的
bā耙
zi子
yòng用
yú于
dǎ打
suì碎
tǔ土
kuài块
 ，
shǐ使
tǔ土
dì地
píng平
tǎn坦
 。

This toothless harrow is used to break up soil clods and flatten the land.

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Chūn春
gēng耕
shí时
jié节
 ，
tián田
jiān间
chù处
chù处
kě可
jiàn见
zhú竹
bā耙
mù木
bā耙
 。

During the spring ploughing season, bamboo and wooden harrows could be seen everywhere in the fields.