抛锚 (拋錨)
pāo máo
Pinyin

Definition

抛锚 (拋錨)
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pāo máo
  1. to drop anchor
  2. to break down (of a car etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

pāo
  1. 1 to throw
  2. 2 to toss
  3. 3 to fling
  4. 4 to cast
  5. 5 to abandon
pāo qì
  1. 1 to abandon
  2. 2 to discard
  3. 3 to renounce
  4. 4 to dump (sb)
pāo xià
  1. 1 to throw down
  2. 2 to dump
  3. 3 to abandon
  4. 4 thrown down
pāo guāng
  1. 1 to polish
  2. 2 to burnish
pāo chū
  1. 1 to toss
  2. 2 to throw out

Idioms (1)

抛砖引玉
pāo zhuān yǐn yù
  1. 1 lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attract others' interest or suggestions by putting forward one's own modest ideas to get the ball rolling

Sample Sentences

喊“救命”干嘛?只是车子抛锚。
hǎn “jiùmìng ”gànmá ?zhǐshì chēzi pāomáo 。
Why are you shouting "Save us!"? The car has just broken down that's all.
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车子抛锚,还是需要人救我们啊!
chēzi pāomáo ,háishì xūyào rén jiù wǒmen ā !
But we still need someone to help us given that our car has broken down!
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车子抛锚不会死。
chēzi pāomáo bùhuì sǐ 。
We won't die from a break down.
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