Definition
下车 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to get off a vehicle' (car, bus, train, etc.). The verb 下 and the object 车 can split when inserting aspect markers, measure words, or duration: e.g., 下了车 (got off), 下了一次车 (got off once). This is the standard modern usage; note that the dictionary gloss 'take up one's post' is an archaic or marginal sense not used in everyday Chinese.
v.o.
to get off a vehicle (car, bus, train, etc.)
Examples
- 下车。Qǐng zài zhōngdiǎn zhàn xià chē.Please get off at the terminal.
- ，。Tā xià le chē, cháo wǒ zǒu lái.He got out of the car and walked toward me.
- ，。Wǒ zhǐ xià le yí cì chē, ránhòu yìzhí zài chē shàng děng nǐ.I only got off once, then waited in the car for you the whole time.
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