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煞车 (shā chē) — (verb-object) to brake (a car, vehicle); (verb-object) to fasten or lash down (goods) with rope

Definition

Verb-object compound (煞 + 车) covering two distinct actions: braking a vehicle and lashing cargo down with rope. The first sense is far more common in modern usage.

verb
(verb-object) to brake (a car, vehicle)(verb-object) to fasten or lash down (goods) with rope

Examples

  • ，。
    Qián miàn hóng dēng, tā gǎn jǐn shà le chē.
    There was a red light ahead, so he braked quickly.
  • 。
    Xià yǔ tiān kāi chē yào zhù yì jí shí shā chē.
    When driving in rain, be careful to brake in time.
  • ，。
    Huò wù zhuāng hǎo hòu, tā yòng shéng zi shā chē.
    After the goods were loaded, he lashed them with rope to secure them.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

煞shàstop or fasten
车chēvehicle

煞 (to stop or fasten) applied to 车 (vehicle) gives braking or lashing goods down.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 車; 车 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 車 was drawn as a carriage seen from above, with wheels on both sides and a shaft at the front; the simplified 车 is a later shorthand.

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