1 ark

1 to go boating

1 lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat

2 to burn one's boats

1 boat

1 Zhoushan prefecture level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands)

2 formerly Dinghai 定海

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