扁舟
piān zhōu
Pinyin

Definition

扁舟
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piān zhōu
  1. small boat
  2. skiff

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

扁
Piān
  1. 1 surname Pian
方舟
fāng zhōu
  1. 1 ark
压扁
yā biǎn
  1. 1 to squash
  2. 2 to crush flat
扁桃体
biǎn táo tǐ
  1. 1 tonsil
扁豆
biǎn dòu
  1. 1 hyacinth bean
  2. 2 haricot
扁鹊
Biǎn Què
  1. 1 秦越人[Qín Yuè rén] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huáng dì] era
欠扁
qiàn biǎn
  1. 1 annoying
  2. 2 infuriating
  3. 3 deserving of a good spanking
泛舟
fàn zhōu
  1. 1 to go boating
海扁
hǎi biǎn
  1. 1 (slang) to beat sb up
看扁
kàn biǎn
  1. 1 to have a low opinion of
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
神舟
Shén zhōu
  1. 1 Shenzhou (spacecraft)
  2. 2 Hasee (computer manufacturer)
舟
zhōu
  1. 1 boat
舟山
Zhōu shān
  1. 1 Zhoushan prefecture level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands)
  2. 2 formerly Dinghai 定海
舟山市
Zhōu shān shì
  1. 1 Zhoushan prefecture level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands)
  2. 2 formerly Dinghai 定海
陈水扁
Chén Shuǐ biǎn
  1. 1 Chen Shui-Bian (1950-), Taiwanese DPP 民進黨|民进党 politician, president of the Republic of China 2000-2008
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
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
扁圆
biǎn yuán
  1. 1 oblate
扁平
biǎn píng
  1. 1 flat
  2. 2 planar

Idioms (10)

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
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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