teacher's rod; wooden ruler for punishment
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
wooden ruler used for corporal punishment; teacher's rod
archaicHistorically used in traditional schools to strike students' palms as punishment. Now only of historical or cultural interest, as corporal punishment is banned in modern Chinese schools.
Jiù旧
shí时
de的
xiān先
sheng生
cháng常
cháng常
yòng用
jiè戒
chǐ尺
dǎ打
xué学
sheng生
de的
shǒu手
xīn心
。
Teachers in the old days often used the rod to strike students' palms.
Zhè这
bǎ把
jiè戒
chǐ尺
shì是
yé爷
ye爷
dāng当
nián年
jiāo教
shū书
shí时
yòng用
de的
。
This ruler was used by my grandfather when he taught school years ago.
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Xiàn现
dài代
jiào教
yù育
lǐ理
niàn念
fǎn反
duì对
shǐ使
yòng用
jiè戒
chǐ尺
tǐ体
fá罚
xué学
sheng生
。
Modern educational philosophy opposes using the rod to physically punish students.