帆船
fān chuán
Pinyin
Definition
帆船
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- sailboat
Character Decomposition
Idioms (11)
一帆风顺
- 1 propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom)
- 2 plain sailing
- 3 to go smoothly
- 4 have a nice trip!
上贼船
- 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
- 2 fig. to associate with criminals
水涨船高
- 1 the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend
- 2 to develop according to the situation
脚踏两条船
- 1 lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have it both ways
- 3 to run after two hares
- 4 (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
船到桥门自会直
- 1 lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
- 2 no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom)
Sample Sentences
哦!我从来没有看过帆船比赛。
Oh! I've never watched a sailing competition.
奥运帆船比赛在北京举行吗?
Is the Olympic sailing competition being held in Beijing?
老公,你看,帆船酒店!
Look, darling, a sailboat hotel!