to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.
trad. 載舟覆舟
Also written 載舟覆舟【zài zhōu fù zhōu】
Characters in this word
3载
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to record in writing, to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc), Taiwan pr. [zai4], year
- Pinyin
- zǎi
- Traditional
- 載
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 4872 of 2500
舟
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boat
- Pinyin
- zhōu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 33083 of 2500
覆
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to cover, to overflow, to overturn, to capsize
- Pinyin
- fù
- Strokes
- 18
- Frequency
- 24295 of 2500