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車斗

简车斗 · 繁車斗

Mandarin · pinyin chē dǒu

open-topped container (mounted on a truck or cart) for carrying loads
dump box (of a dump truck)
bucket (of a front loader)
wheelbarrow

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車: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in a cart; Kangxi radical 159
斗: dòu · dǒu · a dipper; unit of volume (ten 升 or litres); Kangxi radical 68; 8th lunar mansion, determinative star φ Sagittarii
车: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in cart

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1–3 · che1 dou3

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