Definition
输油 is a verb-object compound (离合词) meaning 'to transport oil' — usually oil or petroleum through pipelines or tankers. As a separable verb, you can insert measure words or time expressions between the two characters, e.g., 输了一次油 ('transported oil once'). The object 油 cannot take a separate object after the whole word; instead, the location or method is expressed with prepositions like 通过 or 从.
v.o.
(verb-object) to transport oilto convey petroleum
Examples
- 输油。Zhè tiáo guǎndào měitiān dōu néng shū yóu.This pipeline can transport oil every day.
- ,。Tāmen qùnián shū guò liǎng cì yóu, dōu hěn shùnlì.They transported oil twice last year, both smoothly.
- ,。Cóng gǎngkǒu dào liànyóuchǎng, shū yí cì yóu xūyào sān tiān.From the port to the refinery, one shipment of oil takes three days.
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