Taiwan Mandarin

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火車

huǒchē·ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜ

“train; a railway vehicle powered originally by steam, now mostly electric; historically a fire-powered war machine in ancient China”

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huǒ·ㄏㄨㄛˇ

Fire; flame; burning; urgent; ammunition; internal heat in Chinese medicine; hot; surname.

Vehicle, car, or any wheeled transport; a machine using rotating wheels or axles; a surname; archaic war chariot; rook in chess.