day 51on the road

on the road

Talk your way through a car journey (detours, tunnels, flyovers, U-turns, a crash ahead) and complain about things that happen too easily with 动不动就.

today’s words

• 轿车 jiàochē · car, saloon car
• 卡车 kǎchē · lorry, truck
• 私家车 sījiāchē · private car
• 方向盘 fāngxiàngpán · steering wheel
• 轮胎 lúntāi · tyre
• 后备箱 hòubèixiāng · boot (of a car), trunk
• 机动 jīdòng · flexible, spare (time, money)
• 驾 jià · to drive (a vehicle)
• 路段 lùduàn · stretch of road
• 路径 lùjìng · route, path
• 路途 lùtú · journey, way
• 捷径 jiéjìng · shortcut
• 岔 chà · fork (in a road), to branch off
• 立交桥 lìjiāoqiáo · flyover, interchange
• 天桥 tiānqiáo · footbridge
• 隧道 suìdào · tunnel
• 地道 dìdào · underpass, tunnel
• 通车 tōngchē · to open to traffic
• 绕行 ràoxíng · to detour
• 绕远儿 ràoyuǎnr · to go the long way round
• 掉头 diàotóu · to turn round, U-turn
• 逆行 nìxíng · to go the wrong way
• 追尾 zhuīwěi · rear-end collision
• 停放 tíngfàng · to park (a vehicle)
• 颠簸 diānbǒ · to bump, jolt
• 枢纽 shūniǔ · hub, key link
• 直达 zhídá · to go direct, nonstop
• 顺路 shùnlù · on the way
• 沿途 yántú · along the way
• 沿线 yánxiàn · along the line
• 上行 shàngxíng · to go up (trains: towards the capital)
• 下行 xiàxíng · to go down (trains: away from the capital)
• 缆车 lǎnchē · cable car
• 卧铺 wòpù · sleeper berth
• 动不动 dòngbudòng · at the slightest thing, easily

sentences

• 他开车动不动就按喇叭。 · When he drives, he honks the horn at the slightest thing.
• 前方施工，车辆请绕行。 · Road works ahead: vehicles please take a detour.
• 驾车的时候，两只手要握住方向盘。 · When you drive, keep both hands on the steering wheel.
• 那辆卡车在逆行，太危险了！ · That lorry is driving the wrong way: so dangerous!
• 这趟车直达机场，不用换车。 · This bus goes straight to the airport: no need to change.