尾气 (尾氣)
wěi qì
Pinyin

Definition

尾气 (尾氣)
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wěi qì
  1. exhaust (i.e. waste gas from engine)
  2. emissions

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

尾
wěi
  1. 1 tail
  2. 2 remainder
  3. 3 remnant
  4. 4 extremity
  5. 5 sixth of the 28 constellations
  6. 6 classifier for fish
尾巴
wěi ba
  1. 1 tail
  2. 2 colloquial pr. [yǐ ba]
尾牙
wěi yá
  1. 1 a year-end dinner for employees
年尾
nián wěi
  1. 1 end of the year
结尾
jié wěi
  1. 1 ending
  2. 2 coda
  3. 3 to wind up

Idioms (16)

吴头楚尾
Wú tóu Chǔ wěi
  1. 1 lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together
  2. 2 head-to-tail
  3. 3 one thing starts where the other leaves off
宁做鸡头，不做凤尾
nìng zuò jī tóu , bù zuò fèng wěi
  1. 1 lit. would rather be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to prefer to be a big fish in a small pond rather than a small fish in a big pond
尾大不掉
wěi dà bù diào
  1. 1 large tail obstructs action (idiom); bottom heavy
  2. 2 fig. rendered ineffective by subordinates
彻头彻尾
chè tóu chè wěi
  1. 1 lit. from head to tail (idiom); thoroughgoing
  2. 2 through and through
  3. 3 out and out
  4. 4 from top to bottom
摇头摆尾
yáo tóu bǎi wěi
  1. 1 to nod one's head and wag one's tail (idiom)
  2. 2 to be well pleased with oneself
  3. 3 to have a lighthearted air

Sample Sentences

可以这么理解。驾驶这款车时，用的是发动机的动力，烧的是汽油。而当您等红灯或者塞车的时候，动力就由电池来供给。这样不仅省油，而且大大地减少了尾气排放对环境的污染。
kěyǐ lǐjiě 。jiàshǐ zhè kuǎn chē shí ，yòng de shì fādòngjī de dònglì ，shāo de shì qìyóu 。ér dāng nín děng hóngdēng huò zhě sāichē de shíhou ，dònglì jiù yóu diànchí lái gōngjǐ 。zhèyàng bùjǐn shěngyóu ，érqiě dàdà de jiǎnshǎo le wěiqì páifàng duì huánjìng de wūrǎn 。
Haha, you could understand it that way. When you drive this car, you're using the engine's power and what's being burned is gas. But then, when you're waiting at a red light or stuck in a traffic jam, the power is supplied electrically. This way, you not only save fuel, you're also reducing exhaust emissions in a major way.
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