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

HSK 6
Xiūchē de shíhou yòng shǒulāhúlu bǎ fādòngjī diào chūlái.
When repairing the car, use a chain hoist to lift the engine out.
HSK 7-9
Gōngdì shàng bèi zhe jǐ ge shǒulāhúlu.
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