手拉葫芦

手拉葫蘆
shǒulāhúlu
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 hand chain hoist
  2. 2 manual chain block / chain pulley block

Examples

Xiū chē de shíhou yòng shǒulā húlu bǎ fādòngjī diào chūlái.
When repairing the car, use a chain hoist to lift the engine out.
Gōngdì shàng bèizhe jǐ ge shǒulā húlu.
Several chain hoists are kept on standby at the work site.

Tips

memory
葫芦 literally means 'gourd / calabash,' but in mechanical Chinese it's shorthand for any block-and-tackle (its gear housing is roughly gourd-shaped). So 手拉葫芦 = 'hand-pulled hoist' — a pocket bottle gourd you yank to lift half a ton.

Stroke Order

shǒu
lu