撑船
chēng chuán
Pinyin

Definition

撑船
 - 
chēng chuán
  1. to punt
  2. to pole a boat

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

船
chuán
  1. 1 variant of 船[chuán]
船票
chuán piào
  1. 1 ship ticket
划船
huá chuán
  1. 1 to row a boat
  2. 2 rowing boat
  3. 3 rowing (sport)
帆船
fān chuán
  1. 1 sailboat
快船
Kuài chuán
  1. 1 Los Angeles Clippers (NBA team)
撑船
chēng chuán
  1. 1 to punt
  2. 2 to pole a boat
沉船
chén chuán
  1. 1 shipwreck
  2. 2 sunken boat
  3. 3 sinking ship
渔船
yú chuán
  1. 1 fishing boat
  2. 2 CL:條|条[tiáo]
船员
chuán yuán
  1. 1 sailor
  2. 2 crew member
船舶
chuán bó
  1. 1 shipping
  2. 2 boats
船长
chuán zhǎng
  1. 1 captain (of a boat)
  2. 2 skipper
船只
chuán zhī
  1. 1 ship
  2. 2 boat
  3. 3 vessel
轮船
lún chuán
  1. 1 steamship
  2. 2 steamer
  3. 3 ocean liner
  4. 4 ship
  5. 5 CL:艘[sōu]
开船
kāi chuán
  1. 1 to set sail
飞船
fēi chuán
  1. 1 airship
  2. 2 spaceship
上船
shàng chuán
  1. 1 to get on the boat
乘船
chéng chuán
  1. 1 to embark
  2. 2 to travel by ship
  3. 3 to ferry
包船
bāo chuán
  1. 1 to charter a ship
商船
shāng chuán
  1. 1 merchant ship
太空船
tài kōng chuán
  1. 1 spaceship

Idioms (9)

上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
  1. 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to associate with criminals
水涨船高
shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo
  1. 1 the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend
  2. 2 to develop according to the situation
脚踏两条船
jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán
  1. 1 lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have it both ways
  3. 3 to run after two hares
  4. 4 (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
船到桥门自会直
chuán dào qiáo mén zì huì zhí
  1. 1 lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
  2. 2 no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom)
船到江心，补漏迟
chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí
  1. 1 It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
船到码头，车到站
chuán dào mǎ tóu , chē dào zhàn
  1. 1 The ship has docked, the carriage has reached the station.
  2. 2 The job is over, it's time to relax. (idiom)
草船借箭
cǎo chuán jiè jiàn
  1. 1 lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[Sān guó Yǎn yì])
  2. 2 fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直
chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù , chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí
  1. 1 lit. When we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through and when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Everything will turn out for the best.
  3. 3 Let's worry about it when it happens.
  4. 4 It will be all right on the night.
阴沟里翻船
yīn gōu lǐ fān chuán
  1. 1 to meet with unexpected failure (idiom)
  2. 2 to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)

Sample Sentences

真是太过分啦！好吧，我宰相肚里能撑船，不和你一般见识，我还是要做个爱笑的女孩，说不定什么时候就会有人因为我的笑容爱上我呢！
zhēn shì tài guòfèn la ！hǎoba ，wǒ zǎixiàng dù lǐ néng chuán chēng ，bù hé nǐ yībānjiànshi ，wǒ háishì yào zuò gè ài xiào de nǚhái ，shuōbudìng shénme shíhou jiù huì yǒu rén yīnwèi wǒ de xiàoróng àishàng wǒ ne ！
You really are too much! OK, I have the magnanimity of a saint, but I'm not going to lower myself to your level. I'm still going to be a smiley girl, and so maybe someone will fall in love with me sometime because of my smile!
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