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木匠

mùjiàng

carpenter

A carpenter sawing a plank on a workbench
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Characters in this word

木 mù

Strokes
4
Radical
木 — tree
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
More about the character 木

Example phrases

  • 老木匠不用复杂图纸,也能凭经验判断梁柱是否受力均衡。 Lǎo mùjiàng bú yòng fùzá túzhǐ, yě néng píng jīngyàn pànduàn liángzhù shìfǒu shòulì jūnhéng. The old carpenter needs no complex drawings to judge from experience whether the beams and pillars bear weight evenly.
  • 木匠用锯子把一块木头锯成两半。 Mùjiàng yòng jùzi bǎ yí kuài mùtou jù chéng liǎng bàn. The carpenter sawed a piece of wood in half with a saw.
  • 爸爸请了一位木匠,帮我们做一张新书桌。 Bàba qǐng le yí wèi mùjiàng, bāng wǒmen zuò yì zhāng xīn shūzhuō. Dad hired a carpenter to make a new desk for us.

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