划船
huá chuán
Pinyin

Definition

划船
 - 
huá chuán
  1. to row a boat
  2. rowing boat
  3. rowing (sport)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

船
chuán
  1. 1 variant: 船 chuán
船票
chuán piào
  1. 1 ship ticket
规划
guī huà
  1. 1 to plan (how to do sth)
  2. 2 planning
  3. 3 plan
  4. 4 program
计划
jì huà
  1. 1 plan
  2. 2 project
  3. 3 program
  4. 4 to plan
  5. 5 to map out
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 classifier: 项 xiàng
企划
qǐ huà
  1. 1 to plan
  2. 2 to lay out
  3. 3 to design

Idioms (12)

上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
  1. 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to associate with criminals
出谋划策
chū móu huà cè
  1. 1 to put forward plans and ideas (also derogatory)
  2. 2 to give advice (idiom)
指手划脚
zhǐ shǒu huà jiǎo
  1. 1 to gesticulate while talking (idiom); to explain by waving one's hands
  2. 2 to criticize or give orders summarily
  3. 3 also written 指手畫腳|指手画脚
整齐划一
zhěng qí huà yī
  1. 1 to be adjusted to uniformity (usually of weights and measures) (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

我今天主要锻练背部和二头肌，坐姿划船可以训练背部的力量，记得收腹，靠背部的力量，拉到后面这里坚持几秒，像这样，呼！哈
wǒ jīntiān zhǔyào duànliàn bèibù hé èrtóujī ，zuòzīhuáchuán kěyǐ xùnliàn bèibù de lìliang ，jìde shōu fù ，kào bèibù de lìliang ，lā dào hòumiàn zhèlǐ jiānchí jǐ miǎo ，xiàng zhèyàng ，hū ！hā
Today I’m working on my back and my biceps, the seated row machine can train your back strength. Remember to tighten your abs, and rely on your back strength, pull it back and hold it for several seconds, like this. Whoo! Ha!
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今天我们要去划船，你忘了？
jīntiān wǒmen yào qù huáchuán ，nǐ wàng le ？
Today we are going to go boating. Did you forget?
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划船
huáchuán
To paddle a boat.
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划船喽！
huáchuán lou ！
Row!
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这样应该也很锻炼身体吧，哈哈。哎，后面跟着的人怎么都套着船一样的道具？应该是在表示划船吧。
zhèyàng yīnggāi yě hěn duànliàn shēntǐ ba ，hāhā 。āi ，hòumian gēn zhe de rén zěnme dōu tào zhe chuán yīyàng de dàojù ？yīnggāi shì zài biǎoshì huáchuán ba 。
That's gotta be good exercise, as well. Haha. Hey, why are the people following behind all wearing boat-like props? They're acting out rowing a boat, right?
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在忙什么呢？天气这么好，周末我们去公园划船吧！
zài máng shénme ne ？tiānqì zhème hǎo ，zhōumò wǒmen qù gōngyuán huáchuán ba ！
What are you busy with? The weather is so great, let's go boating in the park this weekend.
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