造船
zào chuán
Pinyin

Definition

造船
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zào chuán
  1. shipbuilding

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

创造
chuàng zào
  1. 1 to create
  2. 2 to bring about
  3. 3 to produce
  4. 4 to set (a record)
建造
jiàn zào
  1. 1 to construct
  2. 2 to build
打造
dǎ zào
  1. 1 to create
  2. 2 to build
  3. 3 to develop
  4. 4 to forge (of metal)
营造
yíng zào
  1. 1 to build (housing)
  2. 2 to construct
  3. 3 to make
船
chuán
  1. 1 variant of 船[chuán]
船票
chuán piào
  1. 1 ship ticket
制造
zhì zào
  1. 1 to manufacture
  2. 2 to make
造型
zào xíng
  1. 1 to model
  2. 2 to shape
  3. 3 appearance
  4. 4 style
  5. 5 design
  6. 6 form
  7. 7 pose
造成
zào chéng
  1. 1 to bring about
  2. 2 to create
  3. 3 to cause
人造
rén zào
  1. 1 man-made
  2. 2 artificial
  3. 3 synthetic
伪造
wěi zào
  1. 1 to forge
  2. 2 to fake
  3. 3 to counterfeit
制造业
zhì zào yè
  1. 1 manufacturing industry
创造力
chuàng zào lì
  1. 1 ingenuity
  2. 2 creativity
创造性
chuàng zào xìng
  1. 1 creativeness
  2. 2 creativity
塑造
sù zào
  1. 1 to model
  2. 2 to mold
  3. 3 (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc)
  4. 4 (literature) to portray (in words)
帆船
fān chuán
  1. 1 sailboat
快船
Kuài chuán
  1. 1 Los Angeles Clippers (NBA team)
改造
gǎi zào
  1. 1 to transform
  2. 2 to reform
  3. 3 to remodel
  4. 4 to remold
构造
gòu zào
  1. 1 structure
  2. 2 composition
  3. 3 tectonic (geology)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
缔造
dì zào
  1. 1 to found
  2. 2 to create

Idioms (19)

上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
  1. 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to associate with criminals
向壁虚造
xiàng bì xū zào
  1. 1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication
天造地设
tiān zào dì shè
  1. 1 lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom)
  2. 2 ideal
  3. 3 perfect
  4. 4 (of a match) made in heaven
  5. 5 to be made for one another
恩同再造
ēn tóng zài zào
  1. 1 your favor amounts to being given a new lease on life (idiom)
凭空捏造
píng kōng niē zào
  1. 1 fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up
救人一命胜造七级浮屠
jiù rén yī mìng shèng zào qī jí fú tú
  1. 1 saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda (idiom)
时势造英雄
shí shì zào yīng xióng
  1. 1 Time makes the man (idiom). The trend of events brings forth the hero.
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
粗制滥造
cū zhì làn zào
  1. 1 to churn out large quantities without regard for quality (idiom); rough and slipshod work
胡编乱造
hú biān luàn zào
  1. 1 to concoct a cock-and-bull story (idiom)
  2. 2 to make things up
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.
造茧自缚
zào jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist with his own petard
闭门造车
bì mén zào chē
  1. 1 lit. to build a cart behind closed doors
  2. 2 to be overly subjective and disregard the outside world (idiom)
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)

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