車禍

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See also: 车祸

Chinese

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vehicle on land; car; machine
vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
 
disaster
trad. (車禍)
simp. (车祸)

Etymology

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Compare Russian автокатастро́фа (avtokatastrófa, literally auto-catastrophe).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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車禍

  1. car accident; traffic incident; car crash (Classifier: c)
    昨天發生車禍 [MSC, trad.]
    昨天发生车祸 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ zuótiān fāshēng le chēhuò. [Pinyin]
    I was in a car accident yesterday.
    急轉彎避免動物造成車禍主要原因 [MSC, trad.]
    急转弯避免动物造成车祸主要原因 [MSC, simp.]
    Jízhuǎnwān yǐ bìmiǎn zhuàng dào dòngwù shì zàochéng chēhuò de zhǔyào yuányīn. [Pinyin]
    Swerving to avoid animals is a major cause of crashes.

Derived terms

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Verb

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車禍

  1. (figurative, slang) to go off-key; to train wreck in a music performance