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lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
HSK 7-9
lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat / to burn one's boats
cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goals
HSK 7-9
dragon boat / imperial boat
HSK 7-9
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boat
Argo (constellation, now divided into Carina 船底座 and Puppis 船尾座)
lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind
Zhoushan Island
Putuo district, central Shanghai / Putuo district of Zhoushan city 舟山市, Zhejiang
lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone
like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
Shengsi county in Zhoushan 舟山, Zhejiang
Shenzhou (spacecraft) / Hasee (computer manufacturer)
lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb) / fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it / if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm / things can be double-edged
Noah's ark
Mt Potala at Zhoushan 舟山市 in Zhejiang, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Guanyin 觀音|观音 (Avalokiteśvara)
to steer a boat
to race dragon boats
Daishan county in Zhoushan 舟山, Zhejiang
lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom) / fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard)
Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市, Zhejiang / Qing dynasty name of 舟山市
Daishan county in Zhoushan 舟山, Zhejiang
Noah's ark
Zhouqu, a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州, Gansu
sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
to go boating
lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times
to row a boat
lit. boat made of lily magnolia wood / poetic term for boat
Putuo district of Zhoushan city 舟山市, Zhejiang
Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals / to collaborate towards a common end / in the same boat together
dugout / canoe / kayak
to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.
travel-worn
fast boat
Dinghai district of Zhoushan city 舟山市, Zhejiang
boat
Shengsi Islands, making up Shengsi county in Zhoushan 舟山, Zhejiang
Zhoushan, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省
Shengsi county in Zhoushan 舟山, Zhejiang
Shenzhou (spacecraft)
Hasee (computer manufacturer)
(literary) small boat; skiff


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