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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[chǎn]
  1. 1. noun shovel
  2. 2. verb shovel

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (1 result)

[chǎn]
  1. 1. spud
  2. 2. spade
  3. 3. shovel
  4. 4. hoe
  5. 5. blade

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

[chǎn]
  1. 1.
  2. 2. 用锹或子削平、撮取或清除
    平地面
  3. 3. 参见"刬(chàn)"的提示

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有了攉煤机,再也不用人一子一子地挖煤了。
With coal shovel machines, people don't have to dig out coal shovel by shovel.
他向邻居借了扁
He borrowed a flat chisel from his neighbor.
这个斗的容量太小了,应当更换一个更大一些的。
This scraper bucket is too small. We need a bigger one.
这家建筑公司新添了10台运车。
This company has just purchased ten new forklifts.
当地政府必须尽快除腐恶。
The local government should exclude these despotic officials and ruthless bandits.
萧何为刘邦除了韩信,刘邦因此封赐萧何食邑千户。
Xiao He killed Han Xin for Liu Bang, so Liu Bang made him a marquis, with a fief of 1,000 families.
我们要除权奸,重整江山。
We need to take out powerful and treacherous court officials and regenerate the country.
优秀的球员知道球的最好时机。
Good player knows the best time to tackle.

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[chǎn]

  • Scene:

    用铲子铲草 / skimming grass with a shovel

  • Examples:

    铲煤 [chǎnméi],铲土 [chǎn tǔ],铲除 [chǎnchú],铲迹销声 [chǎnjìxiāoshēng]

  • Description:

    铲 means ro shovel. The tool of action 铲 is shovel, the same with 挖. But the aim of 铲 is not digging but eliminate things(usually dirt) on surface or gather things in the shovel.

Related video notes: 铲、刨、挖

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