下车 (xià chē) — to get off a vehicle (car, bus, train, etc.)
Definition
A separable verb: 下 (get off) + 车 (vehicle). The split is required — 下了车/下过一次车 — and the object is the vehicle one exits, paired with 上车 (get on).
verb
to get off a vehicle (car, bus, train, etc.)
Examples
- 下车。Qǐng zài zhōng diǎn zhàn xià chē.Please get off at the terminal.
- ，。Tā xià le chē, cháo wǒ zǒu lái.He got out of the car and walked toward me.
- ，。Wǒ zhī xià le yí cì chē, rán hòu yì zhí zài chē shàng děng nǐ.I only got off once, then waited in the car for you the whole time.
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