皮筏

pífá
noun #46,758

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Meanings

  1. 1 leather raft
  2. 2 inflatable raft
  3. 3 skin float

Examples

Wǒmen zuò pífá piāoliú guò Huánghé.
We rafted across the Yellow River on a skin raft.
Pífá shì Lánzhōu yīdài de chuántǒng jiāotōng gōngjù.
Skin rafts are a traditional means of transport around Lanzhou.

Tips

culture
Refers most famously to 羊皮筏子 (yángpí fázi) — the inflated sheepskin rafts used for centuries on the upper Yellow River around Lanzhou and Ningxia. Whole sheepskins are sewn airtight, blown up, and lashed to a wooden frame.

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