船坞 (船塢)
chuán wù
Pinyin
Definition
船坞 (船塢)
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- (maritime) dock
Character Decomposition
Idioms (9)
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)
船到江心,补漏迟
- 1 It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)