载舟覆舟
zài zhōu fù zhōu
Pinyin

Definition

载舟覆舟
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zài zhōu fù zhōu
  1. to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

方舟
fāng zhōu
  1. 1 ark
翻来覆去
fān lái fù qù
  1. 1 to toss and turn (sleeplessly)
  2. 2 again and again
覆盖
fù gài
  1. 1 to cover
颠覆
diān fù
  1. 1 to topple (i.e. knock over)
  2. 2 to capsize
  3. 3 fig. to overturn (a regime, by plotting or subversion)
  4. 4 to undermine
  5. 5 to subvert
倾覆
qīng fù
  1. 1 to capsize
  2. 2 to collapse
  3. 3 to overturn
  4. 4 to overthrow
  5. 5 to undermine
全军覆没
quán jūn fù mò
  1. 1 total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
回覆
huí fù
  1. 1 to reply
  2. 2 to recover
  3. 3 variant of 回復|回复[huí fù]
天翻地覆
tiān fān dì fù
  1. 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2 everything turned on its head
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
神舟
Shén zhōu
  1. 1 Shenzhou (spacecraft)
  2. 2 Hasee (computer manufacturer)
翻天覆地
fān tiān fù dì
  1. 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2 everything turned on its head
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
覆水难收
fù shuǐ nán shōu
  1. 1 spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)
  2. 2 it's no use crying over spilt milk
  3. 3 what's done is done and can't be reversed
  4. 4 the damage is done
  5. 5 once divorced, there's no reuniting
覆灭
fù miè
  1. 1 destruction
覆辙
fù zhé
  1. 1 disastrous policy
重蹈覆辙
chóng dǎo fù zhé
  1. 1 to follow the track of an overturned cart
  2. 2 to repeat a disastrous policy
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

Idioms (19)

全军覆没
quán jūn fù mò
  1. 1 total defeat of an army (idiom); fig. a complete wipeout
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
前车之覆，后车之鉴
qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn
  1. 1 lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
  2. 2 learn from past mistake
  3. 3 once bitten twice shy
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
天翻地覆
tiān fān dì fù
  1. 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2 everything turned on its head
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
翻天覆地
fān tiān fù dì
  1. 1 sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
  2. 2 everything turned on its head
翻手为云覆手变雨
fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ
  1. 1 lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
  2. 2 very powerful and capable (idiom)
翻云覆雨
fān yún fù yǔ
  1. 1 to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground
  2. 2 tricky and inconstant
  3. 3 to make love
覆巢之下无完卵
fù cháo zhī xià wú wán luǎn
  1. 1 lit. when the nest is upset no egg is left intact (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed
覆巢无完卵
fù cháo wú wán luǎn
  1. 1 lit. when the nest overturns no egg remains intact
  2. 2 no member escapes unscathed from a family disaster (idiom)
覆水难收
fù shuǐ nán shōu
  1. 1 spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom)
  2. 2 it's no use crying over spilt milk
  3. 3 what's done is done and can't be reversed
  4. 4 the damage is done
  5. 5 once divorced, there's no reuniting
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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