舟
boat
舟
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丹
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⺀
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Mnemonic symbol: 舟 looks like the tower of a yellow submarine. In front of the outhouse (ou1), James II of England (zh) stands next to his yellow submarine (舟) and asks you: will you swallow the blossom (⺀) and continue your quiet life? Or will you swallow the red pill (丹) and follow him on his adventures in the submarine?
舟 character breakdown
Characters with 舟 as component
Words with 舟
lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom) / fig. what is done cannot be undone
cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goals
study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind
lit. water may keep the boat afloat but may also sink it (proverb) / fig. the people can support a regime or overturn it / if sth is used properly, one can benefit from it, otherwise it can do harm / things can be double-edged
lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals / to collaborate towards a common end / in the same boat together
Sentences with 舟
舟 currently does not appear in any sentence.