mǎo sǔn
卯榫 (mǎo sǔn) is a Chinese word meaning “mortise and tenon (slot and tab forming a carpenter's joint)”.
Meanings
- 1mortise and tenon (slot and tab forming a carpenter's joint)
Characters in 卯榫
Related words
卯mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)卯variant of 卯[mao3]卯old variant of 卯[mao3]榫眼mortise (slot cut into wood to receive a tenon)丁卯fourth year D4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1987 or 2047丁是丁，卯是卯lit. to keep ding (the fourth heavenly stem) distinct from mao (the fourth earthly branch) (idiom)乙卯fifty-second year B4 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1975 or 2035卯兔Year 4, year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)卯时5-7 am (in the system of two-hour subdivisions used in former times)卯眼mortise卯起来(coll.) to get enthusiastic; to put in all one's energy寅吃卯粮lit. eating away next year's food in advance