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倒車

简倒车 · 繁倒車

Mandarin · pinyin dǎo chē#

to change buses, trains etc

Mandarin · pinyin dào chē#

to reverse (a vehicle)
to drive backwards

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倒: dào · fall over; lie down; take turns
車: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in a cart; Kangxi radical 159
车: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in cart

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3–1 · dao3 che1

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dou3 ce1

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verb

(verb-object) to back a car; to reverse a vehicle; to drive backwards
(derogatory) to regress; to abandon a newer practice, norm or ideology and adopt an older one

verb

(verb-object) to change (buses, trains, etc.)

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