船 boat / vessel / ship / CL:條|条[tiao2],艘[sou1],隻|只[zhi1] 舟 boat 船 只 chuán zhī ship / boat / vessel 小 船 xiǎo chuán boat 航 boat / ship / craft / to navigate / to sail / to fly 棹 oar (archaic) / scull / paddle / to row / a boat 艖 raft / boat 舡 boat / ship 艭 boat 舺 boat / Taiwan pr. [jia3] 老 大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang 龙 头 lóng tóu faucet / water tap / bicycle handle bar / chief (esp. of gang) / boss / decision maker / (market) leader (of companies) / front end of mud-flow / figurehead on prow of dragon boat 龍船|龙船 初 来 乍 到 chū lái zhà dào to be a newcomer / just off the boat 渔 船 yú chuán fishing boat / CL:條|条[tiao2] 甲 板 jiǎ bǎn deck (of a boat etc) 端 午 节 Duān wǔ jié Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month) 颠 簸 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience 停 放 tíng fàng to park (a car etc) / to moor (a boat etc) / to leave sth (in a place) 上 船 shàng chuán to get on the boat 游 船 yóu chuán pleasure boat / cruise ship 沉 船 chén chuán shipwreck / sunken boat / sinking ship 龙 舟 lóng zhōu dragon boat / imperial boat 推 力 tuī lì driving force / impetus / thrust (of a boat or aeroplane engine) / repelling force 划 船 huá chuán to row a boat / rowing boat / rowing (sport) 风 帆 fēng fān sail / sailing boat 水 涨 船 高 shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom) / fig. to change with the overall trend / to develop according to the situation 乘 务 员 chéng wù yuán attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc 扁 舟 piān zhōu small boat / skiff 香 包 xiāng bāo a small bag full of fragrance used on Dragon boat Festival 顺 水 推 舟 shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit 渡 轮 dù lún ferry boat 同 舟 共 济 tóng zhōu gòng jì cross a river in the same boat (idiom) / fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goals 难 兄 难 弟 nàn xiōng nàn dì brothers in hardship (idiom) / fellow sufferers / in the same boat 画 舫 huà fǎng decorated pleasure boat 驶 往 shǐ wǎng (of a vehicle, boat etc) to travel to / to head for 船 家 chuán jiā person who lives and makes a living on a boat / boatman / boat dweller 赛 艇 sài tǐng boat race / racing ship or boat / rowing (sport) 木 船 mù chuán wooden boat 风 雨 同 舟 fēng yǔ tóng zhōu lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom) / fig. to stick together in hard times 逆 水 行 舟 nì shuǐ xíng zhōu lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom) / fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard) 行 船 xíng chuán to sail a boat / to navigate 船 工 chuán gōng boatman / boat builder 巡 逻 艇 xún luó tǐng patrol boat 船 舰 chuán jiàn navy vessel / (coast guard) patrol boat 补 票 bǔ piào to buy or upgrade a ticket after boarding a train, boat etc / to buy a ticket for a show after having sat down in the theater 龙 船 lóng chuán dragon boat (used at 端午[Duan1 wu3], the Dragon Boat Festival) 划 艇 huá tǐng rowing boat / racing row-boat 汽 艇 qì tǐng motor boat 休 戚 相 关 xiū qī xiāng guān to share the same interests (idiom) / to be closely related / to be in the same boat 脚 踏 两 条 船 jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom) / fig. to have it both ways / to run after two hares / (especially) to have two lovers at the same time 荡 舟 dàng zhōu to row a boat 竞 渡 jìng dù rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake) 木 已 成 舟 mù yǐ chéng zhōu lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone 拖 船 tuō chuán tugboat / boat towed by a tugboat / to tow a boat 鱼 雷 艇 yú léi tǐng torpedo boat 雄 黄 酒 xióng huáng jiǔ realgar wine (traditionally drunk during the Dragon Boat Festival 端午節|端午节[Duan1 wu3 jie2]) 刻 舟 求 剑 kè zhōu qiú jiàn lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom) / fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances 船 帮 chuán bāng side of boat or ship / gunwale 摇 船 yáo chuán to scull / to row a boat 鱼 船 yú chuán fishing boat / same as 漁船|渔船 帮 to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) / hired (as worker) / side (of pail, boat etc) / outer layer / upper (of a shoe) / group / gang / clique / party / secret society 扁 small boat 舫 2 boats lashed together / large boat 艄 stern of boat 舳 poopdeck / stern of boat 舴 small boat 艋 small boat 舲 small boat with windows 舣 to moor a boat to the bank 吴 越 同 舟 Wú Yuè tóng zhōu Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom) / fig. cooperation between natural rivals / to collaborate towards a common end / in the same boat together 浮 家 泛 宅 fú jiā fàn zhái lit. to live on a boat / to drift from place to place (idiom) 载 舟 覆 舟 zài zhōu fù zhōu to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom) / fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it. 顺 水 推 船 shùn shuǐ tuī chuán lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit 五 月 节 Wǔ yuè jié Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month) 汨 罗 Mì luó Miluo city in Hunan / Miluo river in Hunan, famous for Dragon Boat festival 簸 荡 bǒ dàng to be tossed around (like a boat on a rough sea) 舵 把 duò bǎ tiller of a boat 载 具 zài jù conveyance (car, boat, aircraft etc) / vehicle / (fig.) medium / platform / vector 艗 bow of a Chinese boat 艅 a despatch boat 任 凭 风 浪 起 ， 稳 坐 钓 鱼 台 rèn píng fēng làng qǐ , wěn zuò diào yú tái lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite wind and storm (idiom) / to stay calm during tense situation / a cool head in a crisis 救 生 艇 甲 板 jiù shēng tǐng jiǎ bǎn boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored) 泷 船 lóng chuán boat or raft adapted to handle rapids / white-water raft 石 舫 Shí Fǎng Marble Boat, famous pavilion 稳 坐 钓 鱼 台 wěn zuò diào yú tái lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms (idiom) / to stay calm during tense situation / a cool head in a crisis 卧 舱 wò cāng sleeping cabin on a boat or train 船 到 桥 头 自 然 直 chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí lit. when the boat reaches the bridge, it will pass underneath without trouble (proverb) / fig. everything will be all right 船 户 chuán hù boatman / boat dweller 艇 甲 板 tǐng jiǎ bǎn boat deck (upper deck on which lifeboats are stored) 兰 舟 lán zhōu lit. boat made of lily magnolia wood / poetic term for boat 赛 船 sài chuán boat race / racing ship or boat 重 五 chóng wǔ Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month) 重 午 chóng wǔ Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month) 飞 舟 fēi zhōu fast boat 鹜 舲 wù líng small boat 航 标 敷 设 艇 háng biāo fū shè tǐng buoy boat 海 防 艇 hǎi fáng tǐng seaward defence boat 黄 道 带 强 击 艇 huáng dào dài qiǎng jī tǐng zodiac / zodiac assault boat 钓 鱼 船 diào yú chuán bait boat 河 船 hé chuán river boat
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