shùn​fēng​chē

ride on the way

  • created reference approved 顺风车/順風車 → 便车/便車 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    顺风车 / 順風車 shùn​fēng​chē

    便车 / 便車 biàn​chē

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 顺风车/順風車 · shùn​fēng​chē · ride on the way — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    顺风车 / 順風車

    shùn​fēng​chē

    ride on the way

    A vehicle that gives someone a ride along its route; can also refer to hitchhiking or catching a ride in a friend's car

    顺风 (literal) → 顺风/順風 · shùn​fēng · tailwind 车 (literal) → 车/車 · chē · vehicle

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 顺风车/順風車 · shùn​fēng​chē · coattails — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    顺风车 / 順風車

    shùn​fēng​chē

    coattails

    (figurative) To take advantage of someone else's success or an existing opportunity to achieve one's own goals; to ride on someone's coattails.

    顺风 (literal) → 顺风/順風 · shùn​fēng · to go smoothly 车 (literal) → 车/車 · chē · vehicle

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense