汉英词典
MEANING OF 载舟覆舟
to carry a boat or to overturn a boat (idiom); fig. The people can support a regime or overturn it.
The people are like water, they can carry or capsize ships / The people are the main force that determines the rise and fall of a country
《荀子·王制》君者，舟也；庶人者，水也。水则载舟，水则覆舟。”原意是民众如水，可以承载船，也可以倾覆船。比喻关注民心向背、取得民心的重要。
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