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抛锚 meaning in English

pāomáo

to drop anchor; (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down

Traditional 拋錨20 strokes

Meaning of 抛锚

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

pāomáo
  1. to drop anchor
  2. (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down

抛锚 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

总zǒng重zhòng量liàng过guò大dà，导dǎo致zhì卡kǎ车chē抛pāo锚máo。
Their combined weight was too much and caused the truck to break down.
我wǒ们men的de车chē昨zuó晚wǎn抛pāo锚máo了le。
Our car broke down last night.
车chē抛pāo锚máo了le。
The car broke down.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

抛 pāo · to throw · 7 strokes

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锚 máo · anchor · 13 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
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  13. 13

Related words

Words that share a character with 抛锚.

抛弃pāoqìto abandon; to discard
抛开pāokāito throw out; to get rid of
抛出pāochūto toss; to throw out
抛下pāoxiàto throw down; to dump
抛售pāoshòuto dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)
抛光pāoguāngto polish; to burnish

Questions about 抛锚

What does 抛锚 mean?

抛锚 (pāomáo) means "to drop anchor; (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down".

How do you write 抛锚?

抛锚 is made of 2 characters: 抛 (7 strokes), 锚 (13 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

How is 抛锚 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 抛锚 is written 拋錨.