车灯 (chē) — vehicle headlight, car headlight; Sichuan folk song-and-dance performance with a decorated cart

Definition

Literally 'vehicle light', this word most often means a car's headlight. It is also the name of a Sichuan folk performance featuring a decorated cart (汽车灯 / 跑马灯 in this sense).

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vehicle headlightcar headlightSichuan folk song-and-dance performance with a decorated cart
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Examples

  • 车灯
    Tā dǎ kāi chē, zhào liàng le qián miàn de lù.
    He turned on the headlight and lit up the road ahead.
  • 车灯
    Zuó wǎn guǎng chǎng shàng biǎo yǎn le sì chuān chē, fēi cháng rè nao.
    Last night, a Sichuan chē dēng performance was put on in the square; it was very lively.
  • 车灯
    Zhè liàng chē de chē huài le, xū yào xiū lǐ.
    This car's headlight is broken and needs repair.
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