📚 noun • entry_id 28581
sampan
/ˈsæm.pæn/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
junco • sampán
A Chinese flat-bottomed wooden boat propelled by two oars.
Freedom-fighter Lin Chun-hwei reports his escape from the mainland at the Free China Relief Association. Lin escaped by sampan from Putien in Fukien province to one of the islets n…
We traveled down the Min River from Nanping in a small sampan, flying the American flag for protection against bandits and soldiers. Those were the days when the Stars and Stripes…
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