葫芦 (hú lu) — bottle gourd, calabash; (mechanical) hoist, block and tackle; (poker) full house
Definition
A bottle gourd plant or its dried shell (calabash). Beyond the plant, 葫芦 also names a hoist/pulley (for the gourd-shaped pulley wheel) and a poker full house.
noun
bottle gourdcalabash(mechanical) hoistblock and tackle(poker) full house
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 葫芦。Zhè ge hú lu cháng dé zhēn dà.This gourd grew really big.
- 葫芦。Gōng rén men yòng hú lu bǎ huò wù lā shàng qù.The workers used a hoist to pull the goods up.
- 葫芦，。Tā shǒu lǐ yǒu yí gè hú lu, yíng le bù shǎo qián.He had a full house and won quite a bit of money.
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