文学表达“一___扁舟”，横线上填？

The literary phrase “a ___ small boat”. Which measure word?

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A条

tiáo · measure word for long thin things

朱批：「一条船」也通俗可用，可惜没有诗味。

B只

zhī · measure word for animals/one of a pair

朱批：「一只小船」日常没错，但文学表达讲究「一叶扁舟」——把船比作水上一片叶子。

✓叶

yè · measure word for leaves/pages

D艘

sōu · measure word for boats

朱批：「艘」是大船（一艘军舰），扁舟太小了。

一叶扁舟——把船比作落在水上的一片叶子。中文的量词也能写诗。

一叶扁舟 (“a leaf of a boat”) — the measure word itself is the metaphor. Chinese classifiers can write poetry.