皮筏 (pí fá) — leather raft (made from inflated animal skins, traditionally used on rivers in western China)

Definition

Examples

• 黄河上至今还有人用皮筏渡河。
  Huáng hé shàng zhì jīn hái yǒu rén yòng pí fá dù hé.
  People still use leather rafts to cross the Yellow River today.
• 这种皮筏是用羊皮制成的。
  Zhè zhǒng pí fá shì yòng yáng pí zhì chéng de.
  This kind of leather raft is made from sheepskin.
• 游客们乘坐皮筏体验了古老的渡河方式。
  Yóu kè men chéng zuò pí fá tǐ yàn le gǔ lǎo de dù hé fāng shì.
  The tourists rode a leather raft and experienced an ancient way of crossing the river.

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