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轆

windlass

Composition

Components

Sounds

Pinyin

lu4 • lù

Meaning

Primary

windlass

Hint

A windlass is a cylinder with rope around it that is spun to raise heavy objects. Like what would be found at the top of an old well for lowering and raising the bucket at the end of the rope.

Mnemonic

[lu-] Luke Skywalker is in the [4] bathroom of the [-_] house where he is trying to get a 鹿 deer that is stuck in the toilet out. He has a 車 car parked next to the toilet and attaches a rope to his 轆 windlass and the other to the hood of the 鹿 deer. Then he revs the car, turning the 轆 windlass, and finally getting the 鹿 deer unstuck. Why didn't he just use The Force?

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