蜗杆
wō gǎn
Pinyin

Definition

蜗杆
 - 
wō gǎn
  1. worm (mechanical engineering)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

蜗居
wō jū
  1. 1 humble abode
  2. 2 to live (in a tiny, cramped space)
蜗牛
wō niú
  1. 1 snail
  2. 2 Taiwan pr. [guā niú]
铁杆
tiě gān
  1. 1 iron (golf club)
套马杆
tào mǎ gǎn
  1. 1 lasso on long wooden pole
摇杆
yáo gǎn
  1. 1 joystick
杆
gǎn
  1. 1 stick
  2. 2 pole
  3. 3 lever
  4. 4 classifier for long objects such as guns
杆子
gǎn zi
  1. 1 pole
  2. 2 stick
  3. 3 club
  4. 4 gang of bandits
杆菌
gǎn jūn
  1. 1 bacillus (any rod-shaped bacteria)
枪杆子
qiāng gǎn zi
  1. 1 gun barrel
杠杆
gàng gǎn
  1. 1 lever
  2. 2 pry bar
  3. 3 crowbar
  4. 4 financial leverage
电杆
diàn gǎn
  1. 1 electric pole
  2. 2 telegraph pole
电线杆
diàn xiàn gǎn
  1. 1 electric pole
  2. 2 telephone pole
  3. 3 lamppost
  4. 4 CL:根[gēn]
推杆
tuī gān
  1. 1 push rod or tappet (mechanics)
  2. 2 putter (golf)
  3. 3 to putt (golf)
挥杆
huī gān
  1. 1 swing (golf)
木杆
mù gān
  1. 1 wooden pole
  2. 2 wood (golf club)
杆秤
gǎn chèng
  1. 1 a steelyard (a type of balance)
枪杆
qiāng gǎn
  1. 1 gun barrel
笔杆
bǐ gǎn
  1. 1 the shaft of a pen or writing brush
  2. 2 pen-holder
  3. 3 pen
笔杆子
bǐ gǎn zi
  1. 1 pen
  2. 2 an effective writer
箭杆
jiàn gǎn
  1. 1 arrow shaft

Idioms (2)

蜗行牛步
wō xíng niú bù
  1. 1 lit. to crawl like a snail and plod along like an old ox (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to move at a snail's pace
  3. 3 to make slow progress
蚁斗蜗争
yǐ dòu wō zhēng
  1. 1 lit. the ant fights, the snail contends (idiom); fig. petty squabbling

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