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锄 chú 1. A tool for loosening soil and weeding. A hoe; the head of a hoe. Iron hoe. 2. To hoe, loosen the soil, and weed. Hoeing grass; hoeing soil. 3. To eliminate. To eliminate offenders. 锄 chú 1. **Noun**: A hoe. A type of long-handled agricultural tool with a flat and thin blade mounted horizontally, primarily used for tilling, weeding, and loosening the soil around plants. - Reference: Du Fu's "Song of the Army Cart": "Even if there are strong women with hoes, the crops in the fields have neither east nor west." - Example: Big hoe; small hoe. 锄 chú 1. **Verb**: To work with a hoe to cultivate land and eliminate weeds. - Example: Xin Qiji's "Serenity in the Countryside": "The eldest son hoes by the eastern bean stream, the second son is weaving a chicken coop." - Example: Like "hoe society" (an organization in ancient northern rural areas for collective farming and mutual help during events); "hoe weeding" (cultivating farmland); "hoe grain" (farming). 2. To eliminate. - Reference: Gong Zizhen's "Record of the Sick Plum Pavilion": "One must not let the people of the world become laborers in cutting and pruning, removing, and eliminating flourished and sick plums to gain wealth." - Example: Like "hoe removal" (to remove); "hoe clearing" (to clean up).