車禍

See also: 车祸

Chinese

 
vehicle on land; car; machine
vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
disaster
trad. (車禍) 車 禍
simp. (车祸) 车 祸

Etymology

Compare Russian автокатастро́фа (avtokatastrófa, literally “auto-catastrophe”).

Pronunciation


Noun

車禍

  1. car accident; traffic incident; car crash (Classifier: 場/场 c)
    我昨天發生了車禍。 [MSC, trad.]
    我昨天发生了车祸。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ zuótiān fāshēng le chēhuò. [Pinyin]
    I was in a car accident yesterday.
    急轉彎以避免撞到動物是造成車禍的主要原因。 [MSC, trad.]
    急转弯以避免撞到动物是造成车祸的主要原因。 [MSC, simp.]
    Jízhuǎnwān yǐ bìmiǎn zhuàng dào dòngwù shì zàochéng chēhuò de zhǔyào yuányīn. [Pinyin]
    Swerving to avoid animals is a major cause of crashes.

Derived terms

Verb

車禍

  1. (figurative, slang) to go off-key; to train wreck in a music performance
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