直通车

zhí tōng chē

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1. \through train\ (refers to the idea of retaining previous legislature after transition to Chinese rule in Hong Kong or Macao)

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Child Words of 直通车

• 直 直 zhí: straight
• 车 车 chē: car
• 车 车 jū: war chariot (archaic)
• 通 通 tòng: classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)
• 通车 通车 tōng chē: to open to traffic (e.g. new bridge, rail line etc)
• 直通 直通 zhí tōng: to lead directly to