车轴

車軸

chēzhóu

noun HSK 7 #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 bù néng kāi le.

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

下大雨像车轴一样。

Xià dà yǔ 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