上牌
shàng pái
Pinyin
Definition
上牌
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- to obtain a license plate
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一哭二闹三上吊
- 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
- 2 to throw a tantrum
一条绳上的蚂蚱
- 1 lit. grasshoppers tied together with a piece of string (idiom)
- 2 fig. people who are in it together for better or worse
- 3 people who will sink or swim together
三天不打,上房揭瓦
- 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
- 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
上一次当,学一次乖
- 1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)
- 2 once bitten, twice shy
上下其手
- 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
- 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
Sample Sentences
你小子这次动作快,让你赶上了末班车。否则后天开始可就要摇号上牌了。
You really jumped on buying this car, huh? Now you still have a chance at getting plates. Otherwise, you'd have to go through the lottery system that starts the day after tomorrow.
那咱就早点儿出发吧!这两天车管所的人爆满,比医院的人还多,都赶着限购令出来之前上牌。
Well, let's get going a bit early then! These days the Vehicle Administration has been packed. There's more people there than at the hospital. The new limitations have everyone out rushing to get a plate before they're put into place.
我们待会儿去上牌,是怎么个流程?
We're going to get the plates soon. What's the procedure?
我摸!我摸!我摸摸摸!上牌,快上牌!