乘人不备 | [ chéng rén bù beì ] to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom), to take sb by surprise |
乘幂 | [ chéng mì ] the power of a number (square, cube etc), to exponentiate (math.) |
乘务 | [ chéng wù ] service (on a train, a plane etc) |
乘务员 | [ chéng wù yuán ] attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc |
乘胜 | [ chéng shèng ] to follow up a victory, to pursue retreating enemy |
乘胜追击 | [ chéng shèng zhuī jī ] to follow up a victory and press home the attack, to pursue retreating enemy |
乘势 | [ chéng shì ] to seize the opportunity, to strike while the iron is hot |
乘坚策肥 | [ chéng jiān cè feí ] to live in luxury, lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses |
乘数 | [ chéng shù ] multiplier |
乘机 | [ chéng jī ] to take the opportunity, to take a plane |
乘凉 | [ chéng liáng ] to cool off in the shade |
乘用车 | [ chéng yòng chē ] passenger vehicle |
乘积 | [ chéng jī ] product (result of multiplication) |
乘兴 | [ chéng xìng ] while in high spirits, feeling upbeat, on an impulse |
乘虚 | [ chéng xū ] to take advantage of weakness |
乘虚而入 | [ chéng xū ér rù ] to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse |
乘号 | [ chéng haò ] multiplication sign (math.) |
乘车 | [ chéng chē ] to ride (in a car or carriage), to drive, to motor |
乘风 | [ chéng fēng ] to ride the wind, to use a fair wind, to take an opportunity |
乘风破浪 | [ chéng fēng pò làng ] to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions |
乘鹤 | [ chéng hè ] to fly on a crane, to die |
乘龙 | [ chéng lóng ] to ride the dragon, to die (of emperors and kings) |
乘龙快婿 | [ chéng lóng xù ] ideal son-in-law |
乘 | [ chéng ] old variant of 乘[cheng2] |
⇒ 前人栽树,后人乘凉 | [ qián rén zaī shù hoù rén chéng liáng ] to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom) |
⇒ 加减乘除 | [ jiā jiǎn chéng chú ] addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic |
⇒ 包乘组 | [ baō chéng zǔ ] chartering charge |
⇒ 千乘之国 | [ qiān shèng zhī guó ] (archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) – a powerful state |
⇒ 可乘之机 | [ kě chéng zhī jī ] an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit |
⇒ 大树底下好乘凉 | [ dà shù dǐ xià haǒ chéng liáng ] lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom), fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person |
⇒ 女乘务员 | [ nǚ chéng wù yuán ] stewardess, female flight attendant |
⇒ 换乘 | [ huàn chéng ] to change train (plane, bus etc), transfer between modes of transport |
⇒ 有机可乘 | [ yoǔ jī kě chéng ] to have an opportunity that one can exploit (idiom) |
⇒ 试乘 | [ shì chéng ] test drive |
⇒ 转乘 | [ zhuǎn chéng ] to transfer, to change trains, buses etc |
⇒ 阶乘 | [ jiē chéng ] the factorial of a number, e.g. 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120 |
⇒ 驾乘 | [ jià chéng ] to drive (a car), to fly (an aircraft), to pilot (a boat) |