竞渡
jìng dù
Pinyin

Definition

竞渡
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jìng dù
  1. rowing competition
  2. boat race
  3. swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

渡
dù
  1. 1 to cross
  2. 2 to pass through
  3. 3 to ferry
渡过
dù guò
  1. 1 to cross over
  2. 2 to pass through
过渡
guò dù
  1. 1 to cross over (by ferry)
  2. 2 transition
  3. 3 interim
  4. 4 caretaker (administration)
偷渡
tōu dù
  1. 1 illegal immigration
  2. 2 to stowaway (on a ship)
  3. 3 to steal across the international border
  4. 4 to run a blockade
官渡
Guān dù
  1. 1 Guandu district of Kunming city 昆明市[Kūn míng shì], Yunnan
摆渡
bǎi dù
  1. 1 ferry
横渡
héng dù
  1. 1 to cross (a body of water)
渡假
dù jià
  1. 1 to go on holidays
  2. 2 to spend one's vacation (Tw)
渡口
dù kǒu
  1. 1 ferry crossing
渡船
dù chuán
  1. 1 ferry
渡轮
dù lún
  1. 1 ferry boat
轮渡
lún dù
  1. 1 ferry
偷渡者
tōu dù zhě
  1. 1 smuggled illegal alien
  2. 2 stowaway
大渡口区
Dà dù kǒu qū
  1. 1 Dadukou district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
大渡河
Dà dù Hé
  1. 1 Dadu River in Sichuan
官渡区
Guān dù qū
  1. 1 Guandu district of Kunming city 昆明市[Kūn míng shì], Yunnan
引渡
yǐn dù
  1. 1 to extradite
弥渡
Mí dù
  1. 1 Midu county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Dà lǐ Bái zú zì zhì zhōu], Yunnan
摆渡车
bǎi dù chē
  1. 1 shuttle bus
  2. 2 feeder bus
暗渡陈仓
àn dù Chén cāng
  1. 1 lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
  2. 2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
  3. 3 to cheat under cover of a diversion

Idioms (2)

明修栈道，暗渡陈仓
míng xiū zhàn dào , àn dù Chén cāng
  1. 1 lit. repair the plank road by day while secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
  2. 2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
  3. 3 to cheat under cover of a diversion
暗渡陈仓
àn dù Chén cāng
  1. 1 lit. secretly crossing the Wei River 渭河[Wèi Hé] at Chencang (idiom, refers to a stratagem used by Liu Bang 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] in 206 BC against Xiang Yu 項羽|项羽[Xiàng Yǔ] of Chu)
  2. 2 fig. to feign one thing while doing another
  3. 3 to cheat under cover of a diversion

Sample Sentences

书上记载说，古代人们为了祛除病疫，在每年的农历五月初五以龙舟竞渡的形式举行部落的图腾祭祀，人们把这一天定为端午节。
shū shàng jìzǎi shuō ，gǔdài rénmen wèile qūchú bìngyì ，zài měinián de nónglì wǔyuè chūwǔ yǐ Lóngzhōu jìngdù de xíngshì jǔxíng bùluò de túténg jìsì ，rénmen bǎ zhè yī tiān dìng wéi duānwǔjié 。
The books say that to ward off epidemics every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month people in ancient times would hold tribal totemic ceremonies in the form of racing in dragon boats, and people set this day as Duanwu Festival.
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