Definition

Examples

• 船长命令水手把锚抛下去。
  Chuánzhǎng mìnglìng shuǐshǒu bǎ máo pāo xiàqù.
  The captain ordered the sailors to drop the anchor.
• 这艘大船有两个锚。
  Zhè sōu dà chuán yǒu liǎng ge máo.
  This large ship has two anchors.
• 在困难时期，家人是他心灵的锚。
  Zài kùnnán shíqī, jiārén shì tā xīnlíng de máo.
  During difficult times, his family was the anchor of his soul.