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檻車

简槛车 · 繁檻車

Mandarin · pinyin jiàn chē

cart with cage, used to escort prisoner

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車: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in a cart; Kangxi radical 159
槛: kǎn · threshold, door-sill
车: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in cart

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4–1 · jian4 che1

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haam5 ce1

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noun

(archaic) a wagon, with bars or fencing on all for sides, used for transporting animals or prisoners

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