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zauˉ¹舟
Pinyin: zhou1
Translations
nounboat; ship; vessel
nounKangxi radical 137 (boat)
hokˍ₆學jyuˎ₄如jikˍ₆逆seoiˊ²水hangˎ₄行zau1,舟,batˉ¹不zeon˗₃進zakˉ¹則teoi˗₃退
简 学如逆水行舟,不进则退
Pinyin: xue2 ru2 ni4 shui3 xing2 zhou1 , bu4 jin4 ze2 tui4
Translations
noun1.Learning is like rowing upstream, not to advance is to drop back.
noun2.either to keep progressing or to be washed backward
jikˍ₆逆seoiˊ²水hangˎ₄行zauˉ¹舟
Pinyin: ni4 shui3 xing2 zhou1
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nounrowing upstream
singˎ₄乘dukˍ₆獨mukˍ₆木zauˉ¹舟
简 乘独木舟
Pinyin: cheng2 du2 mu4 zhou1
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nounto ride a canoe
po˗₃破fuˊ²釜camˎ₄沈zauˉ¹舟
Pinyin: po4 fu3 chen2 zhou1
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nounvariant of 破釜沉舟
nounburn your bridges behind you
seoiˊ²水nangˎ₄能zoi˗₃載zauˉ¹舟,jikˍ₆亦nangˎ₄能fukˉ¹覆zauˉ¹舟
简 水能载舟,亦能覆舟
Pinyin: shui3 neng2 zai4 zhou1 yi4 neng2 fu4 zhou1
Translations
nounwater can float a boat or sink it; some things have the potential be either beneficial or harmful
lungˎ₄龍zauˉ¹舟
简 龙舟
Pinyin: long2 zhou1
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noun(placename) Lung Chau
noundragon boat
fatˍ₆筏zauˉ¹舟
Pinyin: fa2 zhou1
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nounraft boat | Syn. or near-syn.: 筏子; 木筏; 木排; 排筏; 筏
sanˎ₄神zauˉ¹舟
Pinyin: shen2 zhou1
Translations
nounShenzhou
seonˍ₆順seoiˊ²水teoiˉ¹推zauˉ¹舟
简 顺水推舟
Pinyin: shun4 shui3 tui1 zhou1
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nounmake use of an opportunity to gain one's end (lit., "push the boat along with the current")
pinˉ¹扁zauˉ¹舟
Pinyin: pian1 zhou1
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nouna small boat; skiff
po˗₃破fuˊ²釜camˎ₄沉zauˉ¹舟
Pinyin: po4 fu3 chen2 zhou1
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nounto show determination (lit., "destroy all the cooking pots and sink all the ships, there is no turning back")
zauˉ¹舟geoiˉ¹車louˎ₄勞deonˍ₆頓
简 舟车劳顿
Pinyin: zhou1 che1 lao2 dun4
Translations
nounfatigued by a long journey; travel-worn
saaˉ¹沙mokˍ₆漠ziˉ¹之zauˉ¹舟
Pinyin: sha1 mo4 zhi1 zhou1
Translations
nouncamel in the desert
dukˍ₆獨mukˍ₆木zauˉ¹舟seoiˊ²水kauˎ₄球
简 独木舟水球
Pinyin: du2 mu4 zhou1 shui3 qiu2
Translations
nouncanoe polo
nouna canoe polo
tungˎ₄同zauˉ¹舟gungˍ₆共zai˗₃濟
简 同舟共济
Pinyin: tong2 zhou1 gong ji
Translations
nounWe are in the same boat; we should help each other
noun同舟而濟, 同舟其濟, 同舟並濟
noun(idiom) people need to work and help each other in order to overcome all difficulties
faanˍ₆泛zauˉ¹舟
Pinyin: fan4 zhou1
Translations
nounto go on a boat ride; boating
dukˍ₆獨mukˍ₆木zauˉ¹舟
简 独木舟
Pinyin: du2 mu4 zhou1
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nouna canoe
hakˉ¹刻zauˉ¹舟kauˎ₄求gim˗₃劍
简 刻舟求剑
Pinyin: ke4 zhou1 qiu2 jian4
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nounan action made pointless by changed circumstances (lit., "a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard")
banˉ¹宾zauˉ¹舟
Pinyin: bin1 zhou1
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nounpenis
paaˎ₄扒lungˎ₄龍zauˉ¹舟
简 扒龙舟
Pinyin: ba1 long2 zhou1
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noundragon boat race
zauˉ¹舟zip˗₃楫
Pinyin: zhou1 ji2
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nounVessels; ships
zauˉ¹舟geoiˉ¹車
简 舟车
Pinyin: zhou1 che1
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nounJourney; vessel and vehicle
lungˎ₄龍zauˉ¹舟seoiˊ²水
简 龙舟水
Pinyin: long2 zhou1 shui3
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nounheavy rain during the period around Dragon Boat Festival
tiuˎ₄條banˉ¹賓zauˉ¹舟
简 条宾舟
Pinyin: tiao2 bin1 zhou1
Translations
nounthe penis [colloquial]