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The incompetent boat pilot blames the river for his shortcomings

 bù huì chēng chuán lài hé wān
The incompetent boat pilot blames the river for his shortcomings Scroll

不會撐船賴河灣 literally translates as: [One who] cannot steer the boat blames the bends in the river.

Figuratively, this means: One who is incompetent always tries to shift the blame elsewhere.
This is similar to the English idiom, “a poor workman/craftsman blames his tools.”


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


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jià
    jia4
chia
 kago
    かご
to harness; to draw (a cart etc); to drive; to pilot; to sail; to ride; your good self; prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辭|敬辞[jing4 ci2])
vehicle; horse-drawn carriage; (place-name) Kago
[horse] carriage

下穴

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 shitaana / shitana
    したあな
pilot hole; rough hole; prepared hole

予圧

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 yoatsu
    よあつ
(n,vs,adj-no) pre-load; precompression; pilot pressure

口火

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 kuchibi
    くちび
(1) fuse; pilot light; (2) cause (of a war, argument, revolt, etc.); origin; trigger

導坑

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 doukou / doko
    どうこう
{civeng} pilot tunnel

引水

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yǐn shuǐ
    yin3 shui3
yin shui
 hikimizu
    ひきみず
to pilot a ship; to channel water; to draw water (for irrigation)
(surname) Hikimizu

按針

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 anbari
    あんばり
(archaism) pilot (of a boat); (surname) Anbari

機師


机师

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jī shī
    ji1 shi1
chi shih
(aviation) pilot; (heavy machinery) operator

機長


机长

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jī zhǎng
    ji1 zhang3
chi chang
 kichou / kicho
    きちょう
(aviation) pilot-in-command; captain
captain (of an aircraft)

種火

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 tanebi
    たねび
(1) pilot light; spark; (2) (See 火種・ひだね・1) live coals (for firelighting)

試辦


试办

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shì bàn
    shi4 ban4
shih pan
to try something out; trial; pilot scheme

試點


试点

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shì diǎn
    shi4 dian3
shih tien
test point; to carry out trial; pilot scheme

飛手


飞手

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fēi shǒu
    fei1 shou3
fei shou
drone pilot; drone operator

駕乘


驾乘

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jià chéng
    jia4 cheng2
chia ch`eng
    chia cheng
to drive (a car); to fly (an aircraft); to pilot (a boat)

駕艇


驾艇

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jià tǐng
    jia4 ting3
chia t`ing
    chia ting
to pilot a boat

駕駛


驾驶

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jià shǐ
    jia4 shi3
chia shih
to drive (vehicle); to pilot (ship, airplane etc); driver; pilot; captain

鰤擬

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 burimodoki; burimodoki
    ぶりもどき; ブリモドキ
(kana only) pilot fish (Naucrates ductor)

五島鯨

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 gotoukujira; gotoukujira / gotokujira; gotokujira
    ごとうくじら; ゴトウクジラ
(rare) (sometimes read ごんどうくじら) (See 巨頭鯨) larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish)

巨頭鯨

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 gondoukujira; gondoukujira / gondokujira; gondokujira
    ごんどうくじら; ゴンドウクジラ
(kana only) larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whales or blackfish)

操縦士

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 soujuushi / sojushi
    そうじゅうし
pilot

操縦室

see styles
 soujuushitsu / sojushitsu
    そうじゅうしつ
cockpit; control cabin; flight compartment; pilot compartment; control room

操縦席

see styles
 soujuuseki / sojuseki
    そうじゅうせき
(pilot or driver's) seat; cockpit

正駕駛


正驾驶

see styles
zhèng jià shǐ
    zheng4 jia4 shi3
cheng chia shih
pilot-in-command; captain (cf. 副駕駛|副驾驶[fu4 jia4 shi3], copilot)

水先人

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 mizusakinin
    みずさきにん
(See 水先案内) (boat) pilot

真巨頭

see styles
 magondou; magondou / magondo; magondo
    まごんどう; マゴンドウ
(kana only) short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus)

試飛員


试飞员

see styles
shì fēi yuán
    shi4 fei1 yuan2
shih fei yüan
test pilot

飛機師


飞机师

see styles
fēi jī shī
    fei1 ji1 shi1
fei chi shih
pilot; aviator

飛行員


飞行员

see styles
fēi xíng yuán
    fei1 xing2 yuan2
fei hsing yüan
pilot; aviator

飛行士

see styles
 hikoushi / hikoshi
    ひこうし
pilot

飛行家

see styles
 hikouka / hikoka
    ひこうか
aviator; pilot

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
The incompetent boat pilot blames the river for his shortcomings不會撐船賴河灣
不会撑船赖河湾
bù huì chēng chuán lài hé wān
bu4 hui4 cheng1 chuan2 lai4 he2 wan1
bu hui cheng chuan lai he wan
buhuichengchuanlaihewan
pu hui ch`eng ch`uan lai ho wan
puhuichengchuanlaihowan
pu hui cheng chuan lai ho wan
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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