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- Argo (constellation, now divided into Carina 船底座 and Puppis 船尾座)
- Zhoushan, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]
Trad. 舟曲縣
- Zhouqu, a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘南藏族自治州[Gan1 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu
Trad. 順水推舟
- lit. to push the boat with the current
- fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
Trad. 同舟共濟
- cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests
- obliged to collaborate towards common goals
Trad. 刻舟求劍
- lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances
Trad. 風雨同舟
- lit. in the same boat under wind and rain (idiom); fig. to stick together in hard times
Trad. 載舟覆舟
- to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.
- lit. the timber has been turned into a boat already (idiom)
- fig. what is done cannot be undone
- lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom); fig. to cut off one's means of retreat
- to burn one's boats
Trad. 學海泛舟
- sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)
- lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom)
- fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard)
Trad. 吳越同舟
- Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals
- to collaborate towards a common end
- in the same boat together
Trad. 神舟號飛船
- Shenzhou (spacecraft)
Trad. 水能載舟，亦能覆舟
- 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
Trad. 逆水行舟，不進則退
- like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom)