末班车 (末班車)
mò bān chē
Pinyin
Definition
末班车 (末班車)
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- last bus or train
- last chance
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
强弩之末
- 1 lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom)
- 2 fig. spent force
按部就班
- 1 to follow the prescribed order; to keep to the working routine (idiom)
舍本逐末
- 1 to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom)
- 2 to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details
本末倒置
- 1 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
- 2 to stress the incidental over the fundamental
- 3 to put the cart before the horse
班荆相对
- 1 to treat sb with courtesy (idiom)
Sample Sentences
糟糕,赶不上末班车了,这下子该怎么办?
Darn it, we missed the last train. What should we do now?
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.