载舟覆舟 in English zai4 zhou1 fu4 zhou1 Meaning

Meanings

  • to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiomatic expression); metaphorically The people can support a regime or overturn it.

Simplified Characters

载 舟 覆 舟

Traditional Characters

載 舟 覆 舟

Pinyin

zai4 zhou1 fu4 zhou1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

载zai4to record in writing 舟zhou1boat 覆fu4variant of 復|复[fu4] 舟zhou1boat