1 ark

1 to be in flood

2 to overflow (the banks)

3 to inundate

4 to spread unchecked

1 extensive

2 wide range

1 variant: 泛 fàn

1 nodding acquaintance

2 slight familiarity

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

1 cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests

2 obliged to collaborate towards common goals

1 Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals

2 to collaborate towards a common end

3 in the same boat together

1 sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)

1 lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)

2 fig. what is done cannot be undone