Chinese Word: 镈 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

镈 (Trad.: 鎛)

Pinyin: bó

English Definition: ancient musical intrument shaped as a bell; hoe; spade

Total strokes: 15; Radical: 金

Pictophonetic:尃 indicates the sound; 钅 (bell) conveys the meaning.

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Similar Characters: 禣

Huangfu Bo (c. 800), Minister during early Tang

1		tā men 他们 kě néng 可能 bù 不 xī wàng 希望 nǐ 你 bèi 被 tā men 他们 shù 束 bó 镈。 They probably wouldn't want you to be tired down with them.
2		tè 特 qìng 磬 yǔ 与 bó 镈 zhōng 钟 duì yìng 对应， yǐ 以 dà xiǎo 大小 lái 来 shè jì 设计 yīn 音 gāo 高， èr zhě 二者 dōu 都 shì 是 suí 随 yuè 月 yòng 用 lǜ 律， qí 其 yì yì 意义 zhòng zài 重在 lǐ yí 礼仪。 The set of qing was corresponding bozhou, planed the pitch with their sizes, and both of their significances mainly for rite;
3		zhè zhǒng 这种 jiē hé 接合 mó shì 模式 yì fāng miàn 一方面 shǐ 使 bó 镈 zhōng 钟 cóng 从 lǐ yuè 礼乐 xíng shì 形式 de 的 guān niàn 观念 zhōng 中 jiě tuō 解脱 chū lái 出来， tǐ xiàn 体现 chū 出 duì 对 zhōng tǐ 钟体 yīn yuè 音乐 xìng néng 性能 de 的 zhuī qiú 追求。 On the one hand it had made Bo bells freed from ideology of ceremony and embodied pursuance to musical function of bells;