航空母舰
Traditional form:
航空母艦
Pinyin (reading):
hángkōngmǔjiàn
Definitions:
- aircraft carrier (CL:艘 (sōu))
- (coll.) (metaphor for sth huge, whale-like)
Characters:
- 航 - vessel, craft; to sail, to navigate
- 空 - hollow, empty, deserted, bare
- 母 - mother; female elders; female
- 舰 - warship
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