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車禍

简车祸 · 繁車禍

Mandarin · pinyin chē huò

traffic accident; car crash
Classifier: 起 qǐ

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車: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in a cart; Kangxi radical 159
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车: chē · cart, vehicle; carry in cart
祸: huò · misfortune, calamity, disaster

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1–4 · che1 huo4

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ce1 wo5 · ce1 wo6

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noun

car accident; traffic incident; car crash (Classifier: 場／场 c)

verb

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

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