船身
chuán shēn
Pinyin

Definition

船身
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chuán shēn
  1. hull
  2. body of a ship

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

修身
xiū shēn
  1. 1 to cultivate one's moral character
  2. 2 (fashion) slim-fit
  3. 3 body-hugging
化身
huà shēn
  1. 1 incarnation
  2. 2 reincarnation
  3. 3 embodiment (of abstract idea)
  4. 4 personification
单身
dān shēn
  1. 1 unmarried
  2. 2 single
船
chuán
  1. 1 variant: 船 chuán
船票
chuán piào
  1. 1 ship ticket

Idioms (20)

一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
一身是胆
yī shēn shì dǎn
  1. 1 devoid of fear (idiom)
  2. 2 intrepid
上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
  1. 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to associate with criminals
人在江湖，身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
  1. 1 you can't always do as you like
  2. 2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine

Sample Sentences

渔夫听了他的话，微微地笑了笑，划起船来，边敲船身边唱歌。
yúfū tīng le tā de huà ，wēiwēi de xiào le xiào ，huá qǐ chuán lái ，biān qiāo chuánshēn biān chànggē 。
After the fisherman listened to what he had said, he smiled gently and started rowing his boat. He tapped his boat and started singing.
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