zhōu

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Definitions

  1. 1. boat

Example Sentences

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Words Containing 舟

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

同舟共济
tóng zhōu gòng jì

cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests

龙舟
lóng zhōu

dragon boat

吴越同舟
wú yuè tóng zhōu

Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals

天舟座
tiān zhōu zuò

Argo (constellation, now divided into Carina 船底座 and Puppis 船尾座)

学如逆水行舟,不进则退
xué rú nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì

study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind

学海泛舟
xué hǎi fàn zhōu

sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)

扁舟
piān zhōu

small boat

操舟
cāo zhōu

to steer a boat

方舟
fāng zhōu

ark

木已成舟
mù yǐ chéng zhōu

lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)

水能载舟,亦能覆舟
shuǐ néng zài zhōu , yì néng fù zhōu

lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb)

泛舟
fàn zhōu

to go boating

独木舟
dú mù zhōu

dugout

破釜沉舟
pò fǔ chén zhōu

lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat

神舟
shén zhōu

Shenzhou (spacecraft)

神舟号飞船
shén zhōu hào fēi chuán

Shenzhou (spacecraft)

神舟电脑
shén zhōu diàn nǎo

Hasee (computer manufacturer)

舟山
zhōu shān

Zhoushan, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands)

舟山市
zhōu shān shì

Zhoushan, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands)

舟山群岛
zhōu shān qún dǎo

Zhoushan Island

舟曲
zhōu qǔ

Zhugqu or Zhouqu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[gān nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu

舟曲县
zhōu qǔ xiàn

Zhugqu or Zhouqu County in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[gān nán zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Gansu

舟船
zhōu chuán

boat

舟车劳顿
zhōu chē láo dùn

travel-worn

荡舟
dàng zhōu

to row a boat

兰舟
lán zhōu

lit. boat made of lily magnolia wood

赛龙舟
sài lóng zhōu

to race dragon boats

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.

逆水行舟
nì shuǐ xíng zhōu

lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom)

逆水行舟,不进则退
nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì

like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)

顺水推舟
shùn shuǐ tuī zhōu

lit. to push the boat with the current

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

飞舟
fēi zhōu

fast boat