车
祸

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The word 车祸 is formed by directly combining the character 车, meaning "vehicle", with the character 祸, meaning "disaster" or "misfortune"; the resulting compound literally means "vehicle disaster", which specifically denotes a traffic accident.

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昨天发生了一场车祸。

Zuótiān fāshēng le yī chǎng chēhuò.

Yesterday, a traffic accident occurred.

这场车祸造成两人受伤。

Zhè chǎng chēhuò zàochéng liǎng rén shòushāng.

This traffic accident caused two people to be injured.

高速公路上的车祸导致交通中断。

Gāosù gōnglù shàng de chēhuò dǎozhì jiāotōng zhōngduàn.

The traffic accident on the highway caused traffic disruption.

如果驾驶员遵守交通规则，就能避免车祸。

Rúguǒ jiàshǐyuán zūnshǒu jiāotōng guīzé, jiù néng bìmiǎn chēhuò.

If drivers obey traffic rules, they can avoid traffic accidents.

调查显示，超速是引发车祸的主要原因之一。

Diàochá xiǎnshì, chāosù shì yǐnfā chēhuò de zhǔyào yuányīn zhī yī.

The survey shows that speeding is one of the main causes of traffic accidents.

Word Definition - 车祸

chē huò traffic accident; car crash; CL:起[qǐ]

Individual Character Details

车 chē, chē, jū
祸 huò, huò