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Chinese
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vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe |
disaster
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| trad. (車禍)
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車
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禍
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| simp. (车祸)
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车
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祸
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Etymology
Compare Russian автокатастро́фа (avtokatastrófa, literally “auto-catastrophe”).
Pronunciation
Noun
車禍
- car accident; traffic incident; car crash (Classifier: 場／场 c)
我昨天發生了車禍。 [MSC, trad.]
我昨天发生了车祸。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ zuótiān fāshēng le chēhuò.
- I was in a car accident yesterday.
急轉彎以避免撞到動物是造成車禍的主要原因。 [MSC, trad.]
急转弯以避免撞到动物是造成车祸的主要原因。 [MSC, simp.]- Jízhuǎnwān yǐ bìmiǎn zhuàng dào dòngwù shì zàochéng chēhuò de zhǔyào yuányīn.
- Swerving to avoid animals is a major cause of crashes.
Derived terms
Verb
車禍
- (figurative, slang) to go off-key; to train wreck in a music performance