推土机

推土機
tuītǔjī
noun #16,455

Meanings

  1. 1 bulldozer

Examples

Tuītǔjī zhèngzài gōngdì shàng qīnglǐ fèixū.
The bulldozer is clearing debris at the construction site.
Jǐ tái tuītǔjī tóngshí kāigōng, chǎngmiàn fēicháng zhuàngguān.
Several bulldozers started work at the same time — quite a spectacular sight.

Tips

memory
Perfectly literal: (push) + (earth/soil) + (machine) = 'earth-pushing machine.' Chinese technical vocabulary is often this transparent.

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