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超车

HSK 7-9Word · VerbTraditional超車

overtake another vehicle

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

verb

to overtake; to pass another vehicle

neutral

Refers to the specific driving maneuver of passing a vehicle traveling in the same direction. In formal traffic contexts, it's considered a standard driving term.

Sī司
jī机
zài在
zhí直
dào道
shàng上
ān安
quán全
dì地
chāo超
le了
qián前
miàn面
nà那
liàng辆
kǎ卡
chē车
 。

The driver safely overtook the truck ahead on the straight road.

Shuāng双
huáng黄
xiàn线
de的
dì地
fāng方
shì是
jìn禁
zhǐ止
chāo超
chē车
de的
 。

Overtaking is prohibited where there is a double yellow line.

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Zài在
wān弯
dào道
chāo超
chē车
fēi非
cháng常
wēi危
xiǎn险
 。

Overtaking on a curve is extremely dangerous.

Tā他
kàn看
dào到
duì对
miàn面
yǒu有
chē车
guò过
lái来
 ,
biàn便
fàng放
qì弃
le了
chāo超
chē车
de的
dǎ打
suan算
 。

Seeing a car coming from the opposite direction, he abandoned his plan to overtake.