开车
kāi chē
Pinyin

Definition

开车
 - 
kāi chē
  1. to drive a car

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

打开
dǎ kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to show (a ticket)
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to switch on
汽车
qì chē
  1. 1 car
  2. 2 automobile
  3. 3 bus
  4. 4 CL:輛|辆[liàng]
火车
huǒ chē
  1. 1 train
  2. 2 CL:列[liè],節|节[jié],班[bān],趟[tàng]
车
Chē
  1. 1 surname Che
开
kāi
  1. 1 to open
  2. 2 to start
  3. 3 to turn on
  4. 4 to boil
  5. 5 to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. 6 to operate (a vehicle)
  7. 7 carat (gold)
  8. 8 abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kāi ěr wén]
  9. 9 abbr. for 開本|开本[kāi běn], book format
开始
kāi shǐ
  1. 1 to begin
  2. 2 beginning
  3. 3 to start
  4. 4 initial
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
开心
kāi xīn
  1. 1 to feel happy
  2. 2 to rejoice
  3. 3 to have a great time
  4. 4 to make fun of sb
开车
kāi chē
  1. 1 to drive a car
开门
kāi mén
  1. 1 to open a door (lit. and fig.)
  2. 2 to open for business
离开
lí kāi
  1. 1 to depart
  2. 2 to leave
三轮车
sān lún chē
  1. 1 pedicab
  2. 2 tricycle
上车
shàng chē
  1. 1 to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
下车
xià chē
  1. 1 to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
丢开
diū kāi
  1. 1 to cast or put aside
  2. 2 to forget for a while
乘车
chéng chē
  1. 1 to ride (in a car or carriage)
  2. 2 to drive
  3. 3 to motor
倒车
dǎo chē
  1. 1 to change buses, trains etc
候车室
hòu chē shì
  1. 1 waiting room (for train, bus etc)
停车
tíng chē
  1. 1 to pull up (stop one's vehicle)
  2. 2 to park
  3. 3 (of a machine) to stop working
  4. 4 to stall
停车场
tíng chē chǎng
  1. 1 parking lot
  2. 2 car park
公交车
gōng jiāo chē
  1. 1 public transport vehicle
  2. 2 town bus
  3. 3 CL:輛|辆[liàng]

Idioms (20)

一夫当关，万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一把钥匙开一把锁
yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ
  1. 1 One key opens one lock.
  2. 2 There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
别开生面
bié kāi shēng miàn
  1. 1 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
  2. 2 to break fresh ground
前车之覆，后车之鉴
qián chē zhī fù , hòu chē zhī jiàn
  1. 1 lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
  2. 2 learn from past mistake
  3. 3 once bitten twice shy
前车之鉴
qián chē zhī jiàn
  1. 1 to learn a lesson from the mistakes of one's predecessor (idiom)
哪壶不开提哪壶
nǎ hú bù kāi tí nǎ hú
  1. 1 lit. mention the pot that doesn't boil (idiom); to touch a sore spot
  2. 2 to talk about sb's weak point
喜笑颜开
xǐ xiào yán kāi
  1. 1 grinning from ear to ear (idiom)
  2. 2 beaming with happiness
学富五车
xué fù wǔ chē
  1. 1 of great erudition and scholarship (idiom)
安步当车
ān bù dàng chē
  1. 1 to go on foot (idiom)
  2. 2 to do things at a leisurely pace
宝马香车
bǎo mǎ xiāng chē
  1. 1 precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle
  2. 2 ostentatious display of luxury
左右开弓
zuǒ yòu kāi gōng
  1. 1 lit. to shoot from both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to display ambidexterity
  3. 3 to slap with one hand and then the other, in quick succession
  4. 4 to use both feet equally (football)
广开言路
guǎng kāi yán lù
  1. 1 to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)
后车之鉴
hòu chē zhī jiàn
  1. 1 lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart
  2. 2 fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor
  3. 3 learn from past mistake
  4. 4 once bitten twice shy
情窦初开
qíng dòu chū kāi
  1. 1 first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
撇开不谈
piē kāi bù tán
  1. 1 to ignore an issue (idiom)
放开手脚
fàng kāi shǒu jiǎo
  1. 1 to have free rein (idiom)
旗开得胜
qí kāi dé shèng
  1. 1 lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success
  2. 2 success in a single move
杯水车薪
bēi shuǐ chē xīn
  1. 1 lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
树上开花
shù shàng kāi huā
  1. 1 to deck the tree with false blossoms
  2. 2 to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我大呼小叫？我刚刚开车出门，先是路上打方向灯要右转，后方来车居然加速超前右转，差点就擦到我的车了！接着下车到便利店买点喝的，我才把冰箱门打开，旁边那小子竟然一伸手拿了我要的那罐茶就走！
wǒ dàhūxiǎojiào ？wǒ gānggāng kāichē chūmén ，xiān shì lùshang dǎ fāngxiàngdēng yào yòu zhuǎn ，hòufāng lái chē jūrán jiāsù chāoqián yòu zhuǎn ，chàdiǎn jiù cā dào wǒ de chē le ！jiē zhe xiàchē dào biànlìdiàn mǎi diǎnr hē de ，wǒ cái bǎ bīngxiāng mén dǎkāi ，pángbiān nà xiǎozi jìngrán yī shēnshǒu ná le wǒ yào de nà guàn chá jiù zǒu ！
I'm causing a scene? I was just driving from home, and I was signaling right, and a car came suddenly accelerated from behind and overtook me to turn right. He almost hit me! Then when I got out of the car to buy something to drink at a convenience store, I'd just opened the door to the fridge when a little hoodlum stretched out his arm from beside me to take the bottle of tea I wanted.
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一看就是酒驾！最恨这些喝酒开车的人，每年不知道害了多少无辜的路人枉死！好险我闪得够快，否则我也一命呜呼啦！”
yī kàn jiùshì jiǔjià ！zuì hèn zhèxiē hējiǔ kāichē de rén ，měinián bù zhīdào hài le duōshao wúgū de lù rén wǎngsǐ ！hǎoxiǎn wǒ shǎn de gòu kuài ，fǒuzé wǒ yě yīmìngwūhū la ！”
"It's definitely a DWI! I hate people who drive drunk. So many innocent pedestrians have died every year. I was lucky that I dodged quickly, or else I'd be dead. "
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你还敢提驾照，是谁在我准备学车的时候扬言说，我要是能学会开车他就倒着走的？
nǐ hái gǎn tí jiàzhào ，shì shéi zài wǒ zhǔnbèi xué chē de shíhou yángyán shuō ，wǒ yàoshi néng xuéhuì kāichē tā jiù dào zhe zǒu de ？
You dare to mention the driver's license. When I was preparing to learn to drive, who was it that said if I could learn to drive, he would go backwards?
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真不知道你的驾照是怎么考出来的，每次做你的副驾，比我自己开车还要紧张。
zhēn bù zhīdào nǐ de jiàzhào shì zěnme kǎo chūlái de ，měicì zuò nǐ de fù Jià ，bǐ wǒ zìjǐ kāichē huán yào jǐnzhāng 。
I really don't know how you got your driver's license. Whenever I’m your co driver I’m more nervous than when I’m driving myself.
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开车小心，再见。
kāichē xiǎoxīn ，zàijiàn 。
Drive safe, goodbye.
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今天早上我坐他的车来。他开车开得很危险。
jīntiān zǎoshang wǒ zuò tā de chē lái 。tā kāichē kāi de hěn wēixiǎn 。
He gave me a ride this morning. He drives dangerously.
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我正在开车呢！等会儿打给你。
wǒ zhèngzài kāichē ne ！děng huìr dǎ gěi nǐ 。
I am driving right now! I will call you later.
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我开车，你上车吧！
wǒ kāichē ，nǐ shàngchē ba ！
I drive. You get in the car.
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喝酒不开车、开车不喝酒。
hē jiǔ bù kāi chē 、kāi chē bù hē jiǔ 。
When you drink don't drive, when you drive don't drink.
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没错啊，要不是她突然想去，又一定要我开车，我是很想跟你去看电影的。
méicuò ā ，yàobùshì tā tūrán xiǎngqù ，yòu yīdìng yào wǒ kāichē ，wǒ shì hěn xiǎng gēn nǐ qù kàn diànyǐng de 。
That's right. If she hadn't suddenly had the urge to go, and insisted on me driving her, I would really have liked to go see a film with you.
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