卧车
卧车
wò chē
a sleeping car; wagon-lits
Traditional: 臥車
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Definitions
- a sleeping car
- wagon-lits
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Related Words
安眠药(ān mián yào)· sleeping pill
→宰予昼寝(Zǎi Yǔ zhòu qǐn)· Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures
→床笫(chuáng zǐ)· bed and bamboo sleeping mat
→断袖之癖(duàn xiù zhī pǐ)· lit. cut sleeve (idiom); fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve.
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