下車 — meaning in English
xià chē
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English meaning
- alight verb To get off a vehicle or dismount from an animal.
- disembark verb To get off a ship, plane, or other vehicle after a journey.
- mount noun A hill or mountain, especially used before a proper name.
- secede verb To formally withdraw from a country, federation, alliance or other organisation, ending membership of it.
Senses
下車 is used for these senses in English:
- alight Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.
- disembark (intransitive) To go ashore out of a ship or boat; to leave a train or aircraft.
- get off (transitive, intransitive) To disembark, especially from mass transportation such as a bus or train; to depart from (a path, highway, etc).
- mount (obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.
- secede (intransitive) To split from or to withdraw from membership of a political union, an alliance or an organisation.
alight — full definition
- verb To get off a vehicle or dismount from an animal.
- verb To land after flying, or to come to rest somewhere.
- adj On fire, or lit up with light.
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