| 铁锨 | tiě xiān | iron shovel; spade; Classifiers: 把 | |
| 老鼠拖木锨,大头在后头 | lǎo shǔ tuō mù xiān , dà tóu zài hòu tou | when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second; the tip of the iceberg; the cockroach principle |
| 1 | The digit is also useful for scooping the flesh out of coconuts and other fruits that supplement the animal's insect diet. | |
| 2 | People's Political Consultative Conference, led by Chairman Mao to the units one by one chief executive Xian excavators, to lay the cornerstone of the monument. | |
| 3 | Through changing the connection point 9, the multi-function tool can respectively form different connection states, such as a hoe, a pick and a spade, being one tool with various functions. | |
| 4 | In the economy of a storm this big, there was nowhere to get rid of snow that didn' t encroach on someone else' s space, and some shovelfuls must have been tossed back and forth a few times. | |
| 5 | A few shovels later, the farmer finally looked down into the well, and was astonished by what saw. With every shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing! |