(coll.) bicycle; bike (esp. in Hong Kong, Taiwan and southern China and, more generally, used across China to refer to a bike-share bicycle)

dān chē

d+ān·1st tonech+ē·1st tone

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Some go to school by bicycle, others go by bus.

有的(人)骑单车上学，其他(人)乘巴士。

I was thinking that I would go there by bicycle, but it began to rain.

刚想骑单车去，却下起雨了。

Stupidity is riding a bike that doesn't have brakes.

愚蠢骑着没有闸的单车。

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