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葫芦
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Definitions
- 1. calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)
- 2. hoist
- 3. generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof)
- 4. muddled
- 5. (poker) full house
Words Containing 葫芦
pneumatic hoist pulley
sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer
solve one problem only to find another cropping up
zucchini
Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China
lever pulley block
hoist pulley
magic gourd, granting your every wish
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)
pelican
lever hoist pulley
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)
Huludao prefecture-level city in Liaoning province 遼寧省|辽宁省[liáo níng shěng] in northeast China
Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 張天翼|张天翼[zhāng tiān yì]
lit. closed gourd
hand chain pulley block
sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a bamboo skewer
fenugreek
electric chain pulley block
what has (he) got up (his) sleeve?
hulusi, aka cucurbit flute (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)