活动曲尺

Traditional form:

活動曲尺

Pinyin (reading):

huódòngqūchǐ

Definitions:

• sliding bevel (to measure angles)

Characters:

• 活 - to exist, to live, to survive; living, working
• 动 - to move, to happen; movement, action
• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
• 尺 - ruler, tape-measure; unit of length, about 1 ft.

Traditional characters:

• 活 - to exist, to live, to survive; living, working
• 動 - to move, to happen; movement, action
• 曲 - crooked, bent; wrong, false
• 尺 - ruler, tape-measure; unit of length, about 1 ft.