"Drive" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 主动 | zhǔ dòng | to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4] / drive (of gears and shafts etc) |   |
| 驾驶 | jià shǐ | to drive (vehicle) / to pilot (ship, airplane etc) / driver / pilot / captain | |
| 魄力 | pò lì | courage / daring / boldness / resolution / drive | |
| 志气 | zhì qì | ambition / resolve / backbone / drive / spirit | |
| 赶 |  gǎn | to overtake / to catch up with / to hurry / to rush / to try to catch (the bus etc) / to drive (cattle etc) forward / to drive (sb) away / to avail oneself of (an opportunity) / until / by (a certain time) | |
| 驱动 | qū dòng | to drive / to propel / drive (vehicle wheel) / drive mechanism (tape or disk) / device driver (computing software) | |
| 带动 | dài dòng | to spur / to provide impetus / to drive | |
| 驱动器 | qū dòng qì | drive | |
| 乘车 | chéng chē | to ride (in a car or carriage) / to drive / to motor | |
| 传动 | chuán dòng | drive (transmission in an engine) | |
| 驾驭 | jià yù | to urge on (of horse) / to drive / to steer / to handle / to manage / to master / to dominate | |
| 车行 | chē xíng | to drive / to travel by car | |
| 驱赶 | qū gǎn | to drive (vehicle) / to drive out / to chase away / to herd (people towards a gate) | |
| 锐气 | ruì qì | acute spirit / dash / drive | |
| 冲劲 | chòng jìn | dynamism / drive | |
| 磁碟机 | cí dié jī | disk drive (computing) / drive (computing) | |
| 驱策 | qū cè | to urge (sb to do do sth) / to drive (sb to take an action) | |
| 驱 | qū | to expel / to urge on / to drive / to run quickly | |
| 驾 | jià | to harness / to draw (a cart etc) / to drive / to pilot / to sail / to ride / your good self / prefixed word denoting respect (polite 敬辭|敬辞[jing4 ci2]) | |
| 驭 | yù | variant of 御[yu4] / to drive / to manage / to control | |
| 传动器 | chuán dòng qì | drive (engine) | |
| 推进 | tuī jìn | to impel / to carry forward / to push on / to advance / to drive forward | |
| 降价 | jiàng jià | to cut the price / to drive down the price / to get cheaper | |
| 开车 | kāi chē | to drive a car | |
| 光驱 | guāng qū | CD or DVD Drive / abbr. for 光盤驅動器|光盘驱动器 | |
| 跑车 | pǎo chē | racing bicycle / racing car / sports car / to drive a vehicle (such as a truck or taxi) for a living / (of a conductor or attendant) to work on a train / (mining) (of a cable-car) to slip away (in an accident) | |
| 驾车 | jià chē | to drive a vehicle | |
| 行车 | xíng chē | to drive a vehicle / movement of vehicles | |
| 飞车 | fēi chē | fast-moving vehicle / to drive or ride a vehicle at high speed | |
| 赶走 | gǎn zǒu | to drive out / to turn back | |
| 赶出 | gǎn chū | to drive away | |
| 移动硬盘 | yí dòng yìng pán | portable hard drive / external hard drive | |
| 壮阳 | zhuàng yáng | (TCM) to build up one's kidney yang / to boost male sex drive | |
| 硬碟 | yìng dié | (Tw) hard disk / hard drive | |
| 试车 | shì chē | to test drive / a trial run | |
| 散心 | sàn xīn | to drive away cares / to relieve boredom | |
| 扬长而去 | yáng cháng ér qù | to swagger off / to walk off (or drive off etc) without a second thought for those left behind | |
| 开走 | kāi zǒu | to go (of car, train etc) / to drive off | |
| 逐出 | zhú chū | to expel / to evict / to drive out | |
| 优盘 | yōu pán | USB flash drive | |
| 倒车 | dào chē | to reverse (a vehicle) / to drive backwards | |
| 驾轻就熟 | jià qīng jiù shú | lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom) / fig. experience makes progress easy / a task that is so familiar one can do it with one's hand tied behind one's back | |
| 驱除 | qū chú | to drive off / to dispel / to expel | |
| 闪盘 | shǎn pán | flash drive | |
| 闪存盘 | shǎn cún pán | USB flash drive / thumb drive | |
| 性冲动 | xìng chōng dòng | sex drive | |
| 驱魔 | qū mó | to drive out devils / to exorcise | |
| 赶车 | gǎn chē | to drive a cart | |
| 无所作为 | wú suǒ zuò wéi | attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom) / without any initiative or drive / feckless | |
| 驶离 | shǐ lí | to steer (the plane) away from / to drive away (from a place) / to leave | |
| 离间 | lí jiàn | to drive a wedge between (allies, partners etc) | |
| 赶跑 | gǎn pǎo | to drive away / to force out / to repel | |
| 驱走 | qū zǒu | to drive away | |
| 四轮驱动 | sì lún qū dòng | four-wheel drive | |
| 传动系统 | chuán dòng xì tǒng | transmission system / power drive | |
| 长江后浪推前浪 | Cháng Jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng | lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving | |
| 磁带机 | cí dài jī | tape drive | |
| 磁盘驱动器 | cí pán qū dòng qì | disk drive | |
| 钟馗 | Zhōng Kuí | Zhong Kui (mythological figure, supposed to drive away evil spirits) / (fig.) a person with the courage to fight against evil | |
| 传动轴 | chuán dòng zhóu | drive shaft | |
| 驱邪 | qū xié | to drive out devils / exorcism | |
| 挑拨离间 | tiǎo bō lí jiàn | to sow dissension (idiom) / to drive a wedge between | |
| 电子盘 | diàn zi pán | USB flash drive / see also 閃存盤|闪存盘[shan3 cun2 pan2] | |
| 撵走 | niǎn zǒu | to drive out / to oust | |
| 打桩 | dǎ zhuāng | to drive piles into | |
| 开快车 | kāi kuài chē | to drive at high speed / (fig.) rush through one's work | |
| 光盘驱动器 | guāng pán qū dòng qì | CD or DVD drive / abbr. to 光驅|光驱 | |
| 驱动轮 | qū dòng lún | drive wheel | |
| 轰走 | hōng zǒu | to drive away | |
| 挤垮 | jǐ kuǎ | to squash / to crush / to squeeze out of business / to drive out | |
| 开倒车 | kāi dào chē | to drive in reverse / fig. to take a backward step / retrogressive / trying to turn the clock back | |
| 遣 | qiǎn | (bound form) to dispatch / to send / (bound form) to drive away / to dispel | |
| 槽 | cáo | trough / manger / groove / channel / (Tw) (computing) hard drive | |
| 蛊 | gǔ | arch. legendary venomous insect / to poison / to bewitch / to drive to insanity / to harm by witchcraft / intestinal parasite | |
| 祛 | qū | sacrifice to drive away calamity / to dispel / to drive away / to remove | |
| 轻车熟路 | qīng chē shú lù | lit. to drive a lightweight chariot on a familiar road (idiom) / fig. to do sth routinely and with ease / a walk in the park | |
| 逼上梁山 | bī shàng liáng shān | driven to join the Liangshan Mountain rebels / to drive to revolt / to force sb to desperate action | |
| 凭轼结辙 | píng shì jié zhé | to drive non-stop as fast as one can (idiom) | |
| 民穷财尽 | mín qióng cái jìn | the people are impoverished, their means exhausted (idiom) / to drive the nation to bankruptcy | |
| 秋风扫落叶 | qiū fēng sǎo luò yè | lit. as the autumn gale sweeps away the fallen leaves (idiom) / to drive out the old and make a clean sweep | |
| 赶鸭子上架 | gǎn yā zi shàng jià | lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom) / fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability | |
| 光磁碟机 | guāng cí dié jī | magneto-optical drive / floptical drive | |
| 硬磁盘 | yìng cí pán | hard drive / hard disk | |
| 逐退 | zhú tuì | to drive back (attackers) | |
| 倒开 | dào kāi | to reverse a vehicle / to drive backwards | |
| 全轮驱动 | quán lún qū dòng | all-wheel drive | |
| 回空 | huí kōng | to return empty (i.e. to drive back with no passengers or freight) | |
| 撵出 | niǎn chū | to expel / to drive out / to oust | |
| 液压传动 | yè yā chuán dòng | hydraulic drive / hydraulic transmission | |
| 皮带传动 | pí dài chuán dòng | a leather drive belt | |
| 盘符 | pán fú | drive letter (letter assigned to a disk drive or partition) (computing) | |
| 祛邪 | qū xié | to exorcise / to drive away evil spirits | |
| 祛邪除灾 | qū xié chú zāi | to drive away demons to prevent calamity (idiom) | |
| 轰赶 | hōng gǎn | to drive away | |
| 逐走 | zhú zǒu | to turn away / to drive away | |
| 遄征 | chuán zhēng | to hurry forward on an expedition / to drive fast | |
| 酒驾 | jiǔ jià | driving while intoxicated / DWI / to drink and drive | |
| 镇妖 | zhèn yāo | to drive away evil spirits | |
| 除祟 | chú suì | to drive out devils and spirits exorcism | |
| 随身碟 | suí shēn dié | (Tw) USB flash drive / thumb drive | |
