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葫芦
葫蘆
húlu
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
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (20)
葫芦丝
húlúsī
hulusi (a kind of free reed wind instrument)
提葫芦
tíhúlú
pelican
宝葫芦
bǎohúlu
magic gourd, granting your every wish
葫芦巴
húlúbā
fenugreek leaves
糖葫芦
tánghúlu
sugar-coated Chinese hawthorn or other fruit on a stick
葫芦岛
Húlúdǎo
Huludao prefecture level city in Liaoning province [[遼寧省|辽宁省]] in northeast China
西葫芦
xīhúlu
zucchini
闷葫芦
mènhúlu
lit. closed gourd
电动葫芦
diàndònghúlu
electric chain pulley block
冰糖葫芦
bīngtánghúlu
tanghulu
手扳葫芦
shǒubānhúlu
lever hoist pulley
手拉葫芦
shǒulāhúlu
hand chain pulley block
手板葫芦
shǒubǎnhúlu
lever pulley block
气动葫芦
qìdònghúlu
pneumatic hoist pulley
葫芦岛市
Húlúdǎoshì
Huludao prefecture level city in Liaoning province [[遼寧省|辽宁省]] in northeast China
起重葫芦
qǐchónghúlu
hoist pulley
依样画葫芦
yīyànghuàhúlu
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)
照葫芦画瓢
zhàohúluhuàpiáo
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)
宝葫芦的秘密
bǎohúludemìmì
Secret of the magic gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tian'yi [[張天翼|张天翼<ZhāngTiānyì>]]
按下葫芦浮起瓢
ànxiàhúlúfúqǐpiáo
solve one problem only to find another cropping up
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