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兰舟

lán zhōu

2-character word Traditional 蘭舟

What 兰舟 means

1. lit. boat made of lily magnolia wood
2. poetic term for boat

The characters in 兰舟

• 兰lánorchid (兰花 Cymbidium goeringii); fragrant thoroughwort (兰草 Eupatorium fortunei)…
• 舟zhōuboat

Sounds the same

Read lán zhōu, tone for tone, but written differently.

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