乘船 (chéng chuán) — to take a boat / ship; to travel by boat
Definition
A fixed verbal phrase meaning 'to travel by boat' — 乘 specifies the vehicle/mode of travel. Compared with 坐船, 乘船 sounds more formal and written.
verb
to take a boat / shipto travel by boat
Examples
- 乘船。Wǒ men míng tiān chéng chuán qù dà lián.We will take a boat to Dalian tomorrow.
- 。Tā zhè bèi zi zhī chéng guò yí cì chuán.He has only taken a boat once in his life.
- 乘船,。chéng chuán Lǚ xíng suī rán màn, dàn kě yǐ kàn dào hǎi shàng de fēng jǐng.Traveling by boat is slow, but you can see the scenery on the sea.
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