计价器 (計價器)
jì jià qì
Pinyin
Definition
计价器 (計價器)
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- fare meter
- taximeter
Character Decomposition
Idioms (7)
不打不成器
- 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
大器晚成
- 1 lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
- 2 in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
- 3 Rome wasn't built in a day
工欲善其事,必先利其器
- 1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
投鼠忌器
- 1 lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
- 2 to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
欲善其事,必先利其器
- 1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
Sample Sentences
这是计价器,一共是17.8公里。超过0.5不足一公里算一公里。所以一共是135元。
Here's the meter. In total it's 17.8 kilometers. Any measurement over 0.5 kilometers but less than one kilometer is counted as one kilometer. So it's 135 yuan in total.
太好了,那你开到我们公司,我按计价器付费。
That's great. Then drive to our office. I'll pay you whatever is on the meter.