轮船
lún chuán
Pinyin

Definition

轮船
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lún chuán
  1. steamship
  2. steamer
  3. ocean liner
  4. ship
  5. CL:艘[sōu]

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

尤丽抬起头，发现李探长早已消失在了人群中，而轮船已经起锚。尤丽暗暗地在心中说：“谢谢，李探长，希望能再次见到您。”
YóuLì tái qǐ tóu ，fāxiàn Lǐtànzhǎng zǎoyǐ xiāoshī zài le rénqún zhōng ，ér lúnchuán yǐjīng qǐmáo 。Yóu Lì ànàn de zàixīnzhōng shuō ：“xièxie ，Lǐtànzhǎng ，xīwàng néng zàicì jiàndào nín 。”
As You Li looked up, she discovered that Detective Li had long since vanished into the crowd and that the ship had already weighed anchor. You Li thought to herself: "Thank you, Detective Li. I hope we'll meet again."
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坐轮船
zuò lúnchuán
To take a boat.
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