火车 (火車)
huǒ chē
Pinyin

Definition

火车 (火車)
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huǒ chē
  1. train
  2. CL:列[liè],節|节[jié],班[bān],趟[tàng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

上火
shàng huǒ
  1. 1 to get angry
  2. 2 to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
火
Huǒ
  1. 1 surname Huo
火星
Huǒ xīng
  1. 1 Mars (planet)
火线
Huǒ xiàn
  1. 1 FireWire (IEEE 1394 data-transfer interface)
火车
huǒ chē
  1. 1 train
  2. 2 classifier: 列 liè
  3. 3 classifier: 节 jié
  4. 4 classifier: 班 bān
  5. 5 classifier: 趟 tàng

Idioms (20)

不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
厝火积薪
cuò huǒ jī xīn
  1. 1 lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. hidden danger
  3. 3 imminent danger
城门失火，殃及池鱼
chéng mén shī huǒ , yāng jí chí yú
  1. 1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
  2. 2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
  3. 3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee
如火如荼
rú huǒ rú tú
  1. 1 like wildfire (idiom)
  2. 2 unstoppable

Sample Sentences

火车站
huǒchē zhàn
train station
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我就是害怕火车上人挤来挤去，才准备搭飞机呢！
wǒ jiùshì hàipà huǒchē shàng rén jǐláijǐqù ，cái zhǔnbèi dā fēijī ne ！
It’s exactly crowded trains I’m afraid of that I’m taking the plane.
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在火车上颠簸了两天的张铁柱终于在这天上午到了此行的目的地——浙江某市A县。扛着大包小包的行李艰难地挤出车厢后，张铁柱看着着偌大的车站广场和熙熙攘攘的人群，一股强烈的陌生感涌上心头，他这辈子也没见过这么多人，突然茫然地迈不开步子。这时身后传来一个男人的声音。
zài huǒchē shàng diānbǒ le liǎngtiān de Zhāng Tiězhù zhōngyú zài zhètiān shàngwǔ dào le cǐ xíng de mùdìdì ——zhèjiāng mǒu shì A xiàn 。káng zhe dàbāoxiǎobāo de xíngli jiānnán de jǐ chū chēxiāng hòu ，Zhāng Tiězhù kànzhe zhe ruòdà de chēzhàn guǎngchǎng hé xīxīrǎngrǎng de rénqún ，yī gǔ qiángliè de mòshēnggǎn yǒngshàng xīntóu ，tā zhèbèizi yě méi jiàn guò zhème duō rén ，tūrán mángrán de màibùkāi bùzi 。zhè shí shēnhòu chuánlái yī gè nánrén de shēngyīn 。
After being jostled about on a train for two days, this morning Zhang Tiezhu finally arrives at his destination -- a city in A county in Zhejiang. After squeezing his way out of the carriage carrying all his bags, big and small, on his back with great difficulty, Zhang Tiezhu looks around at the vastness of the square outside the station and the bustling crowds of people. A strong feeling of unfamiliarity grips him. He's never seen this many people in his entire life before, and is suddenly so stunned he can't take even one step. It's just then that a man's voice sounds behind him.
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场景：陌生的火车站
chǎngjǐng ：mòshēng de huǒchēzhàn
Scene: An unfamiliar train station
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那可太好了，我这头一回来大城市，一下了火车都不知道往哪里走了，能遇到你这半个小老乡也是我走运了。（张铁柱喜出望外，放下行李握住骗子的手）
nā kě tài hǎo le ，wǒ zhè tóuyīhuí lai dàchéngshì ，yī xià le huǒchē dōu bù zhīdào wǎng nǎli zǒu le ，néng yùdào nǐ zhè bàn gè xiǎo lǎoxiāng yě shì wǒ zǒuyùn le 。（Zhāng Tiězhù xǐchūwàngwài ，fàngxià xíngli wòzhù piànzi de shǒu ）
Oh how great. What great luck that on my first trip to the big city I chanced to meet someone pretty much from my home town as soon as I got off the train. (Zhang Tiezhu looks overwhelmed with joy and puts down his luggage to shake hands with the con man)
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一张火车票。
yī zhāng huǒchēpiào 。
One train ticket.
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下火车
xià huǒchē
to get off the train
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火车站
huǒchē zhàn
train station
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火车
huǒchē
train
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你搭火车要去哪里呢?
nǐ dā huǒchē yào qù nǎlǐ ne ?
Where are you taking the train to?
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