车轴

車軸

chēzhóu

noun HSK 7-9 #25,081

Measure Word

一根车轴 gēn

Meanings

1 axle (of a vehicle)

Characters

Examples

车轴断了，车不能开了。

Chēzhóu duàn le, chē bùnéng kāi le.

The axle broke, and the vehicle can't be driven.

下大雨像车轴一样。

Xià dàyǔ xiàng chēzhóu yīyàng.

It's raining in sheets (literally: like axles).

Tips

usage

大雨如注 or 瓢泼大雨 describe heavy rain. The colloquial expression 下得跟车轴似的 vividly describes extremely heavy rain.

Stroke Order

车 chē

轴 zhóu