water-powered rice huller; trip hammer
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water-powered trip hammer; water mill for hulling rice
A traditional agricultural implement that uses flowing water to power a mechanical hammer for husking rice or pounding grain. Common in traditional Chinese agricultural society.
Cūn村
lǐ里
hái还
bǎo保
liú留
zhe着
yī一
zuò座
gǔ古
lǎo老
de的
shuǐ水
duì碓
。
The village still preserves an ancient water-powered rice huller.
Shuǐ水
duì碓
lì利
yòng用
shuǐ水
liú流
de的
chōng冲
jī击
lì力
zì自
dòng动
chōng舂
mǐ米
。
The water trip hammer uses the impact of water flow to automatically hull rice.
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Zhè这
zuò座
shuǐ水
duì碓
yǐ已
jīng经
yǒu有
liǎng两
bǎi百
nián年
de的
lì历
shǐ史
le了
。
This water hammer has a history of two hundred years.