出車

简 出车 · 繁 出車
Mandarin · pinyin chū chē

Meanings

  1. to dispatch a vehicle
  2. (of a vehicle or its driver) to set off
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出
chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
車
chē · cart, vehicle; carry in a cart; Kangxi radical 159
车
chē · cart, vehicle; carry in cart
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1–1 · chu1 che1

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ceot1 ce1

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verb

  1. to dispatch a vehicle
  2. to be out driving a vehicle

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