指し南なん車しゃ

noun

south-pointing chariot

Historical term for an ancient Chinese vehicle with a mechanism that kept a figure pointing south, used as a compass.

• 指し南なん車しゃは古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくで発はつ明めいされたと伝つたえられている。

  The south-pointing chariot is said to have been invented in ancient China.