開火車

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Chinese

open; operate (vehicle); start fire vehicle; train; combat chariot carrying equipment for attack by fire
trad. (開火車) 開 火車
simp. (开火车) 开 火车

Etymology

Sense #2: 嗚／呜 (wū), the onomatopoeia for the train horn, is homophonic with 污 (“dirty”).

Pronunciation

Verb

開⫽火車 (verb-object)

  1. (literally) to drive a train
  2. (neologism, figurative, slang, humorous) to talk dirty

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