船首
chuán shǒu
Pinyin

Definition

船首
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chuán shǒu
  1. ship's bow

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

chuán
  1. 1 variant of 船[chuán]
chuán piào
  1. 1 ship ticket
shǒu
  1. 1 head
  2. 2 chief
  3. 3 first (occasion, thing etc)
  4. 4 classifier for poems, songs etc
shǒu yè
  1. 1 home page (of a website)
  2. 2 title page
  3. 3 front page
  4. 4 first page
  5. 5 fig. beginning
  6. 6 cover letter
huí shǒu
  1. 1 to turn around
  2. 2 to look back
  3. 3 to recollect
fān chuán
  1. 1 sailboat
Kuài chuán
  1. 1 Los Angeles Clippers (NBA team)
áng shǒu
  1. 1 head high
  2. 2 in high spirits
  3. 3 to raise one's head (e.g. of neighing horse)
bǎng shǒu
  1. 1 top of the list
jù shǒu
  1. 1 to gather
  2. 2 to meet
chuán zhǎng
  1. 1 captain (of a boat)
  2. 2 skipper
lún chuán
  1. 1 steamship
  2. 2 steamer
  3. 3 ocean liner
  4. 4 ship
  5. 5 CL:艘[sōu]
fēi chuán
  1. 1 airship
  2. 2 spaceship
shǒu xiān
  1. 1 first (of all)
  2. 2 in the first place
shǒu fù
  1. 1 richest individual
  2. 2 top millionaire
shǒu xí
  1. 1 chief (representative, correspondent etc)
shǒu yìng
  1. 1 to premiere (a movie or TV show)
  2. 2 premiere (of a movie)
  3. 3 first-run (movie)
  4. 4 to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)
shǒu cì
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 first time
  3. 3 for the first time
Shǒu ěr
  1. 1 Seoul, capital of South Korea (Chinese name adopted in 2005 to replace 漢城|汉城[Hàn chéng])
shǒu fā
  1. 1 first issue
  2. 2 first public showing

Idioms (20)

上贼船
shàng zéi chuán
  1. 1 lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to associate with criminals
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
俯首称臣
fǔ shǒu chēng chén
  1. 1 to bow before (idiom)
  2. 2 to capitulate
搔首弄姿
sāo shǒu nòng zī
  1. 1 to stroke one's hair coquettishly (idiom)
昂首挺胸
áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
  1. 1 head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
  2. 2 in fine mettle (of animal)
昂首阔步
áng shǒu kuò bù
  1. 1 striding forward with head high (idiom); to walk with spirited and vigorous step
  2. 2 to strut
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
畏首畏尾
wèi shǒu wèi wěi
  1. 1 afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous
  2. 2 afraid of the slightest thing
痛心疾首
tòng xīn jí shǒu
  1. 1 bitter and hateful (idiom)
  2. 2 to grieve and lament (over sth)
白首齐眉
bái shǒu qí méi
  1. 1 (of a couple) to grow old together in mutual respect (idiom)
皓首苍颜
hào shǒu cāng yán
  1. 1 white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age
祸首罪魁
huò shǒu zuì kuí
  1. 1 main offender, criminal ringleader (idiom); main culprit
  2. 2 fig. main cause of a disaster
罪魁祸首
zuì kuí huò shǒu
  1. 1 criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom); main culprit
  2. 2 fig. main cause of a disaster
翘居群首
qiáo jū qún shǒu
  1. 1 head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent
  2. 2 outstanding
翘首以待
qiáo shǒu yǐ dài
  1. 1 to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom)
  2. 2 to anxiously await
脚踏两条船
jiǎo tà liǎng tiáo chuán
  1. 1 lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have it both ways
  3. 3 to run after two hares
  4. 4 (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
船到桥门自会直
chuán dào qiáo mén zì huì zhí
  1. 1 lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
  2. 2 no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom)
船到江心,补漏迟
chuán dào jiāng xīn , bǔ lòu chí
  1. 1 It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
船到码头,车到站
chuán dào mǎ tóu , chē dào zhàn
  1. 1 The ship has docked, the carriage has reached the station.
  2. 2 The job is over, it's time to relax. (idiom)

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