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Trad. 賊船
- pirate ship
- fig. venture of dubious merit
- criminal gang
- reactionary faction
Trad. 龜船
- "turtle ship", armored warship used by Koreans in fighting the Japanese during the Imjin war of 1592-1598 壬辰倭亂|壬辰倭乱[ren2 chen2 wo1 luan4]
Trad. 寶船
- Chinese treasure ship, a type of large sailing ship in the fleet of Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2]
- the sides of a ship
- (fig.) the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges
Trad. 上賊船
- lit. to board a pirate ship (idiom)
- fig. to associate with criminals
Trad. 海監船
- naval surveillance vessel; maritime patrol boat
Trad. 搖櫓船
- boat propelled by a yuloh (a single sculling oar)
Trad. 滾裝船
- roll-on, roll-off ship (RORO ship); vessel designed to load and unload vehicles by driving them on and off
Trad. 船山區
- Chuanshan district of Suining city 遂寧市|遂宁市[Sui4 ning2 shi4], Sichuan
Trad. 船營區
- Chuanying, a district of Jilin City 吉林市[Ji2 lin2 Shi4], Jilin
- boat used for collecting river sludge (to use as a fertilizer)
Trad. 順水推船
- lit. to push the boat with the current
- fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
Trad. 水漲船高
- the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom); fig. to change with the overall trend
- to develop according to the situation
Trad. 庫克船長
- Captain James Cook (1728-1779), British navigator and explorer
Trad. 船上交貨
- Free On Board (FOB) (transportation)
Trad. 船政學堂
- Fuzhou Naval College, a.k.a. Foochow Naval Dockyard School, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty
Trad. 太空飛船
- Space Shuttle, US spacecraft system (1981-2011)
- lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4])
- fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
Trad. 誤上賊船
- lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship
- to embark on a hopeless adventure
Trad. 腳踏兩條船
- lit. to stand with each foot in a different boat (idiom)
- fig. to have it both ways
- to run after two hares
- (especially) to have two lovers at the same time
Trad. 腳踏兩隻船
- to have a foot in both camps
- to have a bet each way
- to be having an affair
Trad. 腳踩兩隻船
- see 腳踏兩隻船|脚踏两只船[jiao3 ta4 liang3 zhi1 chuan2]
Trad. 陰溝裡翻船
- to meet with unexpected failure (idiom)
- to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
Trad. 無船承運人
- non-vessel-owning common carrier (NVOCC) (transportation)
Trad. 神舟號飛船
- Shenzhou (spacecraft)
Trad. 船到橋門自會直
- lit. when the ship arrives at the bridge we can deal with the problem
- no point in worrying about sth until it actually happens (idiom)
Trad. 船到橋頭自然直
- lit. when the boat reaches the bridge, it will pass underneath without trouble (proverb)
- fig. everything will be all right
Trad. 中國船舶工業集團
- China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)
Trad. 中國船舶貿易公司
- China Shipbuilding Trading Corporation (CSTC)
Trad. 船到江心，補漏遲
- It's too late to plug the leak once ship is in the middle of the river. (idiom)
Trad. 船到碼頭，車到站
- The ship has docked, the carriage has reached the station.
- The job is over, it's time to relax. (idiom)
Trad. 中國船舶重工集團公司
- China Ship Scientific Research Center (CSSRC)