搭便车 meaning in English

dābiànchē

to get a lift; to hitch a ride; (fig.) to take advantage of; to free-ride on; to ride on the coattails of

Traditional 搭便車25 strokes

Meaning of 搭便车

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dābiànchē
  1. to get a lift; to hitch a ride
  2. (fig.) to take advantage of; to free-ride on; to ride on the coattails of

搭便车 in example sentences

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

我wǒ不bù喜xǐ欢huān搭dā便biàn车chē。
I don't like hitchhiking.
汤tāng姆mǔ搭dā便biàn车chē去qù波bō士shì顿dùn了le。
Tom hitched a ride to Boston.

Stroke order for each character

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搭 dā · to put up · 12 strokes

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便 biàn · plain · 9 strokes

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车 chē · car · 4 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 搭便车.

开车kāichēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual jok
火车huǒchētrain
上车shàng chēto get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
汽车qìchēcar; automobile
下车xià chēto get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
车上chē shang
车站chēzhànrail station; bus stop
车票chēpiàoticket for a bus or train
打车dǎchēto take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift
随便suíbiànas one wishes; as one pleases
停车tíngchēto pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park
方便fāngbiànconvenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy

Questions about 搭便车

What does 搭便车 mean?

搭便车 (dābiànchē) means "to get a lift; to hitch a ride; (fig.) to take advantage of; to free-ride on; to ride on the coattails of".

How do you write 搭便车?

搭便车 is made of 3 characters: 搭 (12 strokes), 便 (9 strokes), 车 (4 strokes). That is 25 strokes in total.

How is 搭便车 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 搭便车 is written 搭便車.