杵 chǔ
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chǔ
noun
a pestle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Used for hulling rice or grinding medicine (Guoyu '杵' n 1; Kroll 2015 '杵' 1, p. 58; Unihan '杵') -
chǔ
noun
a baton
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Used to beat clothes or as a weapon (Guoyu '杵' n 2; Kroll 2015 '杵' 2, p. 58; Unihan '杵') -
chǔ
verb
to pound; to beat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '杵' v 1; Kroll 2015 '杵' 3, p. 58) -
chǔ
verb
to be unresponsive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '杵' v 2)
Contained in
- 杵臼 pestle and motar ; Chu Jiu
- 磨杵成针(磨杵成針) to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle; to persevere in a difficult task; to study diligently
- 砧杵 a board and a wooden batton for washing clothes
- 血流漂杵 enough blood flowing to float pestles; rivers of blood; blood bath
- 只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针(只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針) If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.; cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle; to persevere in a difficult task
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 第八十五回 Chapter 85 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 10
- 第九十五回 Chapter 95 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 10
- 卷五十 志第三 天文三 Volume 50 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 7
- 卷20 志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 6
- 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 4
- 卷三百二十五 列傳第八十四 劉平 任福 王珪 武英 桑懌 耿傅 王仲寶 Volume 325 Biographies 84: Liu Ping, Ren Fu, Wang Gui, Wu Ying, Sang Yi, Geng Fu, Wang Zhongbao History of Song 宋史 — count: 4
- 卷十二 志第二 天文中 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Astronomy Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 3
- 《盡心章句下》 Commentary on Jin Xin II Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 3
- 卷21 志第16 天文下 Volume 21 Treatises 16: Astronomy 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 3
- 第六十一回 Chapter 61 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 3
Collocations
- 铁杵 (鐵杵) 遵揮鐵杵破其腦 — History of Song 宋史, 卷三百二十五 列傳第八十四 劉平 任福 王珪 武英 桑懌 耿傅 王仲寶 Volume 325 Biographies 84: Liu Ping, Ren Fu, Wang Gui, Wu Ying, Sang Yi, Geng Fu, Wang Zhongbao — count: 11
- 药杵 (藥杵) 擊以藥杵 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷二十九 志第十九 五行下 Volume 29 Treatises 19: Five Elements Part Three — count: 9
- 铃杵 (鈴杵) 鈴杵 — History of Song 宋史, 卷四百九十 列傳第二百四十九 外國六 天竺 于闐 高昌 回鶻 大食 層檀 龜茲 沙州 拂菻 Volume 490 Biographies 249: Foreign States 6 - India, Yutian, Gaochang, Huihu, Dashi, Cengtan, Kezil, Dunhuang, Byzantine Empire — count: 7
- 杵三星 (杵三星) 杵三星 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One — count: 6
- 天杵 (天杵) 太白散為天杵 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十二 志第二 天文中 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Astronomy Part Two — count: 5
- 舂杵 (舂杵) 舉以頓地如舂杵 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷二十九 志第九: 音樂二 Volume 29 Treatises 9: Music 2 — count: 4
- 魔杵 (魔杵) 降魔杵等 — New History of the Five Dynasties 新五代史, 卷七十四 四夷附錄第三: 奚 吐渾 達靼 党項 突厥 吐蕃 回鶻 于闐 高麗 渤海 新羅 黑水靺鞨 南詔蠻 牂牁 昆明 占城 Volume 74: Appendix on the Four Barbarians 3 - Xi, Tuyuhun, Dada, Tangut, Tujie, Tubo, Huihu, Yutian, Goryeo, Bohai, Silla, Heishui Tungusic tribes, Nanzhao Man, Zhangke, Kunming, Champa — count: 4
- 杵在 (杵在) 或如赤杵在烏雲中 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷十二 志第二 天文中 Volume 12 Treatises 2: Astronomy Part Two — count: 4
- 漂杵 (漂杵) 不肆漂杵之威 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷八十四 列傳第四十四 鄧琬 袁顗 孔覬 Volume 84 Biographies 44: Deng Wan, Yuan Yi, Kong Ji — count: 4
- 臼杵 (臼杵) 臼杵者 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十三 氾論訓 Chapter 13: Overflowing Discussions — count: 4