操舟
cāo zhōu
Pinyin

Definition

操舟
 - 
cāo zhōu
  1. to steer a boat

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

操
cāo
  1. 1 old variant of 操[cāo]
操作
cāo zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 to operate
  3. 3 to manipulate
方舟
fāng zhōu
  1. 1 ark
曹操
Cáo Cāo
  1. 1 Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕
  2. 2 the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
保健操
bǎo jiàn cāo
  1. 1 health exercises
情操
qíng cāo
  1. 1 sentiments
  2. 2 feelings
  3. 3 disposition of mind
  4. 4 moral character
操作者
cāo zuò zhě
  1. 1 operator
操劳
cāo láo
  1. 1 to work hard
  2. 2 to look after
操场
cāo chǎng
  1. 1 playground
  2. 2 sports field
  3. 3 drill ground
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
操守
cāo shǒu
  1. 1 personal integrity
操心
cāo xīn
  1. 1 to worry about
操控
cāo kòng
  1. 1 to control
  2. 2 to manipulate
操纵
cāo zòng
  1. 1 to operate
  2. 2 to control
  3. 3 to rig
  4. 4 to manipulate
操蛋
cào dàn
  1. 1 lousy
  2. 2 rotten
泛舟
fàn zhōu
  1. 1 to go boating
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
节操
jié cāo
  1. 1 integrity
  2. 2 moral principle
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

Idioms (15)

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
同室操戈
tóng shì cāo gē
  1. 1 wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife
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)
操之过急
cāo zhī guò jí
  1. 1 to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient
  2. 2 overhasty
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
率尔操觚
shuài ěr cāo gū
  1. 1 to compose in off-hand way (idiom); to dash off
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
稳操胜券
wěn cāo shèng quàn
  1. 1 grasp it and victory is assured
  2. 2 to have success within one's grasp (idiom)
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)
重操旧业
chóng cāo jiù yè
  1. 1 to resume one's old trade (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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