泛舟
fàn zhōu
Pinyin

Definition

泛舟
 - 
fàn zhōu
  1. to go boating

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

fāng zhōu
  1. 1 ark
fàn làn
  1. 1 to be in flood
  2. 2 to overflow (the banks)
  3. 3 to inundate
  4. 4 to spread unchecked
guǎng fàn
  1. 1 extensive
  2. 2 wide range
fàn
  1. 1 variant of 泛[fàn]
fàn fàn zhī jiāo
  1. 1 nodding acquaintance
  2. 2 slight familiarity
fàn làn chéng zāi
  1. 1 lit. to flood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. rampant
  3. 3 in plague proportions
fàn bái
  1. 1 to be suffused with white
  2. 2 to be discolored
  3. 3 to blanch
fàn hóng
  1. 1 to blush
  2. 2 to redden
  3. 3 flushed
fàn zhōu
  1. 1 to go boating
fàn qǐ
  1. 1 to appear
  2. 2 to emerge
  3. 3 to surface
fàn suān
  1. 1 pantothenic acid
  2. 2 vitamin B5
  3. 3 to surge up (of acid in the stomach)
pò fǔ chén zhōu
  1. 1 lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat
  2. 2 to burn one's boats
Shén zhōu
  1. 1 Shenzhou (spacecraft)
  2. 2 Hasee (computer manufacturer)
zhōu
  1. 1 boat
Zhōu shān
  1. 1 Zhoushan prefecture level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands)
  2. 2 formerly Dinghai 定海
Zhōu shān shì
  1. 1 Zhoushan prefecture level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands)
  2. 2 formerly Dinghai 定海
fēng yǔ tóng zhōu
  1. 1 lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times
kè zhōu qiú jiàn
  1. 1 lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
kuān fàn
  1. 1 wide-ranging
piān zhōu
  1. 1 small boat
  2. 2 skiff

Idioms (12)

刻舟求剑
kè zhōu qiú jiàn
  1. 1 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
  1. 1 cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests
  2. 2 obliged to collaborate towards common goals
吴越同舟
Wú Yuè tóng zhōu
  1. 1 Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals
  2. 2 to collaborate towards a common end
  3. 3 in the same boat together
学海泛舟
xué hǎi fàn zhōu
  1. 1 sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
木已成舟
mù yǐ chéng zhōu
  1. 1 lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. what is done cannot be undone
泛滥成灾
fàn làn chéng zāi
  1. 1 lit. to flood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. rampant
  3. 3 in plague proportions
浮家泛宅
fú jiā fàn zhái
  1. 1 lit. to live on a boat
  2. 2 to drift from place to place (idiom)
破釜沉舟
pò fǔ chén zhōu
  1. 1 lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat
  2. 2 to burn one's boats
载舟覆舟
zài zhōu fù zhōu
  1. 1 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
  1. 1 lit. a boat going against the current (idiom); fig. you must work harder
逆水行舟,不进则退
nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì
  1. 1 like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)
风雨同舟
fēng yǔ tóng zhōu
  1. 1 lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times

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