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独木舟
dú mù zhōu



独木舟
canoe


Definitions

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独木舟
     1. Simplified form of 獨木舟
獨木舟dúmùzhōu
     1. n. dugout canoe
     2. n. kayak
English > Chinese
canoe
     1. 独木舟
     2. 圆木舟
     3. 皮舟
     4. 划独木舟
     5. 独乘木舟
Components
     1. Simplified form of 獨
     1. alone; single; solitary
           獨自 - by oneself
           獨奏 - solo
     2. the old and childless
     3. only
           不獨 - not only
           唯獨 - only; all except
     4. (literary) (Indicates a rhetorical question): is it possible that...
           (syn, zh, 豈, 寧)
     5. (in compounds) separatism
           謀獨 - to plot / scheme for independence
           港獨 - Hong Kong Independence Movement
           臺獨 - Taiwan independence movement
     1. tree; woody plant
           (syn, zh, 樹)
           樹木 - tree
           灌木 - shrub
           木芍藥 - tree peony
     2. wood; timber
           木頭tou - log
     3. wooden
           這 張 桌子 是 木 的。 - This table is made of wood
     4. simple; plain; slow; emotionless; wooden
           木訥 - plain spoken, slow and inarticulate
           棺木 - coffin
           就木 - to die (to enter one's coffin)
     5. (Mandarin, neologism, slang) (eye dialect of zh, 沒)
           有木有 - innit, damn right
     6. numb
           麻木 - numb, insensitive
           她 手指 凍 木 了。 - Her fingers were numb with cold.
zhōu
     1. (literary) boat
           同舟共濟 - to pull together in times of trouble, lit=to cross a river in the same boat
     2. (obsolete) to ride in a boat; to sail a boat
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pronunciation
dú mù zhōu




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