编组 (biān zǔ) — to organize into groups, to form groups; (railway) to marshal (train cars)

Definition

Means 'organize into groups' (people, train cars, etc.). As a railway term, it specifically means marshalling — sorting train cars into a new order at a marshalling yard (编组站).

verb
to organize into groupsto form groups(railway) to marshal (train cars)

Examples

  • 编组
    Lǎo shī bǎ xué shēng biān zǔ chéng sān gè xiǎo zǔ.
    The teacher organized the students into three small groups.
  • 编组
    Zhè ge chē zhàn měi tiān yào biān zǔ hěn duō liè chē.
    This station marshals many trains every day.
  • Tā men biān le sān gè zǔ, měi zǔ shí gè rén.
    They formed three groups, each with ten people.

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