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Meaning of 橹

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(Trad.: 櫓)
Pinyin:
English Definition: scull (single oar worked from side to side over the stern of a boat) (free word)
Chinese Definition:
①拨水使船前进的工具,置于船边,比桨长,用于摇动:摇橹过江。
Total strokes: 16; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (wood) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
    • [ ] tree; wood, lumber; wooden
    • [ ] foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar
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Example Words
摇橹 yáo to scull (with a single oar, usually mounted on the stern of the boat)
楼橹 lóu watch tower; movable battlefield turret
摇橹船 yáo chuán boat propelled by a yuloh (a single sculling oar)
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Example Sentences
1
Have strong, properly sized paddles or oars for controlling your craft. Carry sufficient spares for the length and difficulty of the trip.
2
The early morning sun casts shadow oars that ripple across the sandy sea bottom beneath their keels .
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In water, paddles and oars have given way to screw propellers and turbines, but stability in response to the rolling motion of water is still a problem.
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Reymer
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Womens double scull pair Paula Twining (left) and Anna Reymer take a rest during the Rowing New Zealand elite squad training session at Lake Karapiro June 3 in Cambridge, New Zealand.