棘轮
jí lún
Pinyin

Definition

棘轮
 - 
jí lún
  1. ratchet

Character Decomposition

Related Words (6)

荆棘
jīng jí
  1. 1 thistles and thorns
  2. 2 brambles
  3. 3 thorny undergrowth
披荆斩棘
pī jīng zhǎn jí
  1. 1 lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way
  3. 3 to break through hardships
  4. 4 to blaze a new trail
棘手
jí shǒu
  1. 1 thorny (problem)
  2. 2 intractable
沙棘
shā jí
  1. 1 sea-buckthorn
棘
jí
  1. 1 thorns
沙棘属
shā jí shǔ
  1. 1 genus Hippophae
  2. 2 sea-buckthorns

Idioms (3)

披荆斩棘
pī jīng zhǎn jí
  1. 1 lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way
  3. 3 to break through hardships
  4. 4 to blaze a new trail
荆棘载途
jīng jí zài tú
  1. 1 lit. a path covered in brambles
  2. 2 a course of action beset by difficulties (idiom)
食荼卧棘
shí tú wò jí
  1. 1 to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people

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