Definition
赶车 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning either 'to drive a cart' (older sense) or 'to rush to catch a bus/train' (modern, more common sense). The verb 赶 and the object 车 can split when you insert a time expression, measure word, or aspect marker between them — for example, 赶了三次车 ('caught the bus three times'). In modern Chinese, the 'rush to catch' sense is far more frequent than the literal cart-driving sense.
v.o.
to drive a cartto rush to catch a bus or train
Examples
- ，。Tā jīntiān gǎn le sān cì chē, zhōngyú dào le.He caught the bus three times today and finally arrived.
- 赶车。Wǒ měitiān zǎoshang dōu yào gǎn chē qù shàng bān.Every morning I have to rush to catch the bus to go to work.
- ，赶车。Yǐqián zài nóngcūn, tā jīngcháng gǎn chē yùn liángshi.Before, in the countryside, he often drove a cart to transport grain.
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