pāo máo

Traditional: 拋錨

抛锚 (pāo máo) is a Chinese word meaning “to drop anchor; (fig.) (of a car etc) to break down”.

Meanings

  1. 1to drop anchor
  2. 2(fig.) (of a car etc) to break down

Characters in 抛锚

抛pāo · to throw锚máo · anchor

Related words

抛弃to abandon抛to throw抛开to throw out锚anchor抛售to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home)抛光to polish; to burnish抛头露面to put oneself out in the public eye (said of sb for whom doing so is deemed unseemly)起锚to weigh anchor抛物线parabola抛洒to drip抛砖引玉lit. throw out a brick and get jade thrown back (idiom)抛物面(geometry) paraboloid

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