Definition
泛舟 is a literary verb-object compound meaning 'to go boating' or 'to drift in a boat', typically on a lake or river for leisure. It is a separable verb (离合词): the object 舟 can split off when adding measure words or modifiers, e.g. 泛一次舟 ('go boating once'). The word carries a poetic, classical feel and is more common in writing or formal speech than in everyday conversation.
v.o.
to go boatingto drift in a boat (literary)
Examples
- 泛舟。Wǒmen zhōumò qù hú shàng fán ba.Let's go boating on the lake this weekend.
- 。Tā xǐhuan zài yuèyè lǐ fàn yí cì zhōu.He likes to go boating once under the moonlight.
- ，。Fàn zhōu hú shàng, xīnqíng géwài shūchàng.Drifting in a boat on the lake, one feels especially relaxed.
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