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
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to have a foot in both camps / to have a bet each way / to be having an affair
see 腳踏兩隻船|脚踏两只船[]
boat
ship (e.g. providing regular passenger service)
lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[]) / fig. to use others' manpower and resources for one's own ends
to sail a boat / to navigate
supply ship
lit. to mistakenly board a pirate ship / to embark on a hopeless adventure
boat race / racing ship or boat
dragon-boat race
barge / pontoon / landing stage
(idiom) everything will turn out all right / let's worry about it when it happens / it will be all right on the night
to transfer ships
shipyard
shipwreck
transport ship
mailboat / ocean liner
armored ship
to meet with unexpected failure (idiom) / to fail miserably (where failure was not expected)
container ship
catamaran
target ship
lit. to push the boat with the current / fig. to take advantage of the situation for one's own benefit
sailing
gondola (Venetian canal boat)
dragon boat (used at 端午[], the Dragon Boat Festival)
"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[]
Puppis (constellation)
see 船山區|船山区[]
Chuanshan, a district of Suining City 遂寧市|遂宁市[], Sichuan
Vela (constellation)
Carina (constellation)
Minister of Navy during Qing times
Fuzhou Naval College, a.k.a. Foochow Naval Dockyard School, set up in 1866 by the Qing dynasty
see 船營區|船营区[]
Chuanying, a district of Jilin City 吉林市[], Jilin
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC)
China Shipbuilding Trading Corporation (CSTC)
China Ship Scientific Research Center (CSSRC)
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