教鞭 (jiāo) — (teacher's) pointer, stick used for pointing at a blackboard; teaching career (metaphorical)
Definition
Literally 'teaching whip': a pointer stick for the blackboard, or metaphorically the teaching profession itself.
noun
(teacher's) pointerstick used for pointing at a blackboardteaching career (metaphorical)
Measure word · 根
Examples
- 教鞭。Lǎo shī yòng jiāo zài hēi bǎn shàng zhǐ chū zhòng yào de zì.The teacher used a pointer to indicate important characters on the blackboard.
- ，教鞭。Tā zhàn shàng jiǎng tái, kāi shǐ le èr shí nián de jiāo shēng yá.He stepped onto the podium and began a twenty-year teaching career.
- 教鞭，。Fù qīn xuǎn zé le jiāo zhè yì háng, cóng wèi hòu huǐ guò.Father chose the teaching profession and never regretted it.
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