Definition
开车 means 'to drive a car' — you are the driver. It is a verb-object phrase that can be split (e.g., 开了一次车 'drove once'). Don't confuse it with 打车 (dǎ chē), which means 'to take a taxi' (you are a passenger, not the driver).
verb
to drive a car
Examples
- 开车。Māma kāi chē qù shāngdiàn.Mom drives to the store.
- 。Tā kāi le yí cì chē.He drove a car once.
- 开车。Wǒ xiànzài bù kāi chē.I'm not driving now.
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