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動車

简动车 · 繁動車

Mandarin · pinyin dòng chē

(PRC) (D- or C-class) high-speed train
power car
multiple-unit train (abbr. for 動車組 dòng chē zǔ)

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動: dòng · move, happen; movement, action
車: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in a cart; Kangxi radical 159
动: dòng · move, happen; movement, action
车: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in cart

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4–1 · dong4 che1

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noun

power car (a vehicle that propels a passenger train in a multiple unit; usually not including locomotives)
(abbreviation, alt-of) short for 動車組／动车组 (dòngchēzǔ, “multiple unit”)
(Mainland China) short for 普通動車組列車 (“a class of passenger train in mainland China”)
(dated or Kaohsiung Hokkien) automobile; motor car

verb

(chiefly nautical) to start (watercraft engine)

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