duì
碓
treadle-operated tilt hammer for hulling rice
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
treadle-operated tilt hammer for hulling rice; rice huller
archaicA traditional agricultural tool, largely obsolete. Refers both to the lever-and-hammer type and the simpler mortar-and-pestle type (臼).
Gǔ古
shí时
hou候
，
rén人
men们
yòng用
duì碓
lái来
gěi给
dào稻
gǔ谷
tuō脱
ké壳
。
In ancient times, people used a rice huller to remove the husks from rice.
Zhè这
gè个
cūn村
zhuāng庄
hái还
bǎo保
liú留
zhe着
yī一
tái台
gǔ古
lǎo老
de的
jiǎo脚
tà踏
duì碓
。
This village still preserves an ancient treadle-operated rice huller.
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Zuì最
jiǎn简
dān单
de的
duì碓
jiù就
shì是
shí石
jiù臼
hé和
mù木
chǔ杵
。
The simplest form of huller is just a stone mortar and a wooden pestle.