靴子落地 xuē zi luò dì lit. the boot hits the floor (idiom) / fig. a much-anticipated, impactful development has finally occurred (an allusion to a joke from the 1950s in which a young man would take off a boot and throw it onto the floor, waking the old man sleeping downstairs who could then not get back to sleep until he had heard the second boot hit the floor) 行李箱 xíng li xiāng suitcase / baggage compartment / overhead bin / (car) trunk / boot 后备箱 後備箱 hòu bèi xiāng trunk / boot (of a car) 公车 公車 gōng chē bus / abbr. for 公共汽車|公共汽车[gong1 gong4 qi4 che1] / car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc) / abbr. for 公務用車|公务用车[gong1 wu4 yong4 che1] 跑车 跑車 pǎo chē racing bicycle / racing car / sports car / to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living / (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train / (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident) syn 提车 提車 tí chē to pick up a car (newly purchased car from a dealership, repaired vehicle from a repair shop, rental car at the airport etc) 前备箱 前備箱 qián bèi xiāng front trunk (of a car) / frunk 小车 小車 xiǎo chē small model car / mini-car / small horse-cart / barrow / wheelbarrow / type of folk dance syn 车行 車行 chē háng car-related business / car dealership / taxi company / (commercial) garage 包车 包車 bāo chē hired car / chartered car 遥控车 遙控車 yáo kòng chē radio-controlled car (hobbyist's model car) 敞蓬车 敞蓬車 chǎng péng chē convertible car / open car 挡位 擋位 dǎng wèi (in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc) / (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc) / (electric fan, cooker etc) setting / mode 车奴 車奴 chē nú car slave, sb forced to sacrifice quality of life to buy or maintain a car 汽车共用 汽車共用 car sharing / car pooling 无标志警车 無標誌警車 unmarked car / unmarked police car 自驾车 自駕車 zì jià chē to drive oneself somewhere / private vehicle / (Tw) self-driving car / autonomous car 引导 引導 yǐn dǎo to guide / to lead (around) / to conduct / to boot / introduction / primer syn 开机 開機 kāi jī to start an engine / to boot up (a computer) / to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete / to begin shooting a film or TV show 马屁 馬屁 mǎ pì horse hindquarters / flattery / boot-licking 长靴 長靴 cháng xuē boot 溜须拍马 溜鬚拍馬 liū xū pāi mǎ to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom) / to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking syn 隔靴搔痒 隔靴搔癢 gé xuē sāo yǎng lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom) / fig. beside the point / ineffectual syn 靴裤 靴褲 xuē kù boot cut (e.g. of jeans etc) 靿 yào the leg of a boot or sock 掇臀捧屁 duō tún pěng pì to hold up buttocks and praise a fart (idiom) / to use flatter to get what one wants / to toady / boot-licking 引导扇区 引導扇區 yǐn dǎo shàn qū boot sector 启动区 啟動區 qǐ dòng qū boot sector (computing) 靴掖子 xuē yē zi double layer of padding in a boot 战斗营 戰鬥營 zhàn dòu yíng boot camp 靿子 yào zi leg (aka shaft) of a boot / leg of a sock 箱子 xiāng zi suitcase / chest / box / case / trunk / CL:隻|只[zhi1],個|个[ge4] syn 肢体 肢體 zhī tǐ limb / limbs and trunk / body syn 树干 樹幹 shù gàn tree trunk syn 干线 幹線 gàn xiàn main line / trunk line 主干 主幹 zhǔ gàn trunk / main / core syn 乔木 喬木 qiáo mù tree, esp. with recognizable trunk (as opposed to 灌木[guan4 mu4], bush or shrub) 躯干 軀幹 qū gàn trunk / torso syn 合抱 hé bào to wrap one's arm around (used to describe the girth of a tree trunk) syn 主干线 主幹線 zhǔ gàn xiàn trunk line (of road, network etc) / backbone (cable) 生辰八字 shēng chén bā zì one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch 老本 lǎo běn capital / assets / savings / nest egg / (fig.) reputation / laurels (to rest upon) / old edition of a book / (tree) trunk syn 树身 樹身 shù shēn tree trunk syn 铁箱 鐵箱 tiě xiāng metal trunk / metal box / a safe 干渠 幹渠 gàn qú trunk canal 象鼻山 xiàng bí shān Elephant Trunk Hill in Guilin, Guangxi 干 幹 gàn tree trunk / main part of sth / to manage / to work / to do / capable / cadre / to kill (slang) / to fuck (vulgar) / (coll.) pissed off / annoyed syn 箱 xiāng box / trunk / chest syn 株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) syn 箧 篋 qiè chest / box / trunk / suitcase / portfolio syn 榦 gàn tree trunk 大文蛤 dà wén gé giant clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta) / elephant trunk clam / same as 象拔蚌[xiang4 ba2 bang4] 女神蛤 nǚ shén gé geoduck (Panopea abrupta) / elephant trunk clam / same as 象拔蚌[xiang4 ba2 bang4] 象拔蚌 xiàng bá bàng elephant trunk clam / geoduck (Panopea abrupta), large clam with a long proboscis (native to the west coast of North America) 阿鲁巴 阿魯巴 ā lǔ bā (Tw) (slang) a prank, prevalent in Chinese schools and known as "happy corner" in Hong Kong, in which several people carry a victim with his legs spread open, bringing his groin up against a pole or tree trunk 中继线端口 中繼線端口 trunk port 笼子 籠子 lǒng zi large box / trunk / chest syn 汽车 汽車 qì chē car / automobile / bus / CL:輛|辆[liang4] 附件 fù jiàn appendix (in a document) / enclosure (accompanying a document) / (email) attachment / accessory (for a car, computer etc) / (anatomy) adnexa syn 轿车 轎車 jiào chē enclosed carriage for carrying passengers / motor carriage / car or bus / limousine / CL:部[bu4],輛|辆[liang4] syn 车型 車型 chē xíng vehicle model (i.e. particular version of a car or motorcycle etc) 开车 開車 kāi chē to drive a car syn 车子 車子 chē zi car or other vehicle (bicycle, truck etc) syn 出租车 出租車 chū zū chē taxi / (Tw) rental car 下车 下車 xià chē to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) syn 赛车 賽車 sài chē auto race / cycle race / race car syn 丰田 豐田 fēng tián Toyota or Toyoda (name) / Toyota, Japanese car make 车祸 車禍 chē huò traffic accident / car crash / CL:場|场[chang2] 线条 線條 xiàn tiáo line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) syn 上车 上車 shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) 停车场 停車場 tíng chē chǎng parking lot / car park 二手车 二手車 èr shǒu chē second-hand car 牌照 pái zhào (business) license / vehicle license / car registration / license plate 乘车 乘車 chéng chē to ride (in a car or carriage) / to drive / to motor 车门 車門 chē mén car door / door of bus, railway carriage etc 机车 機車 jī chē locomotive / train engine car / (Tw) scooter / (Tw) (slang) hard to get along with / to be a pain in the ass / (Tw) damn! / crap! syn 雅阁 雅閣 yǎ gé Accord (Honda brand Japanese car model) 日产 日產 rì chǎn Nissan, Japanese car make / also transliterated 尼桑[Ni2 sang1] 电动车 電動車 diàn dòng chē electric vehicle (scooter, bicycle, car etc) 奇瑞 qí ruì Chery (car manufacturer) 送去 sòng qù to send to / to deliver to / to give sb a lift (e.g. in a car) 大发 大發 dà fā Daihatsu, Japanese car company 警车 警車 jǐng chē police car 波罗 波羅 bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen) / surname Polo 车窗 車窗 chē chuāng car window / window of a vehicle (bus, train etc) 坐车 坐車 zuò chē to take the car, bus, train etc 搭乘 dā chéng to ride as a passenger / to travel by (car, plane etc) syn 福克斯 fú kè sī Fox (media company) / Focus (car manufactured by Ford) 车模 車模 chē mó model car / auto show model 步行街 bù xíng jiē car-free zone / pedestrian street 捷达 捷達 jié dá Jetta (car produced by Volkswagen) 车行 車行 chē xíng to drive / to travel by car 夏利 xià lì Xiali, car brand by Tianjin FAW Xiali Motor Company 雪铁龙 雪鐵龍 xuě tiě lóng Citroën (French car manufacturer) 车程 車程 chē chéng travel time / expected time for a car journey 颠簸 顛簸 diān bǒ to be jolted around (car on a bumpy road, boat on a rough sea, aircraft experiencing turbulence) / (fig.) to undergo a rough experience syn 停放 tíng fàng to park (a car etc) / to moor (a boat etc) / to leave sth (in a place) syn 踏板 tà bǎn pedal (in a car, on a piano etc) / treadle / footstool / footrest / footboard 林肯 lín kěn Lincoln (name) / Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), US president 1861-1865 / Lincoln, US car make 