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乘
椉
cheng2
- old variant of 乘
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乘
乘
cheng2
- surname Cheng
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乘
乘
cheng2
- to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (mathematics); Buddhist sect or creed
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乘
乘
sheng4
- four horse military chariot (archaic); four (archaic); generic term for history books
| strokes | 10 | 
| radical |  | 
| strokes after radical | 9 | 
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包乘
包乘
bao1 cheng2
- to charter (a car, ship, plane)
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包乘制
包乘制
bao1 cheng2 zhi4
- chartering system
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包乘组
包乘組
bao1 cheng2 zu3
- chartering charge
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乘便
乘便
cheng2 bian4
- at your convenience
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乘车
乘車
cheng2 che1
- to ride (in a car or carriage); to drive; to motor
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乘除
乘除
cheng2 chu2
- to multiply and divide
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乘船
乘船
cheng2 chuan2
- to embark; to travel by ship; to ferry
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乘法
乘法
cheng2 fa3
- multiplication
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乘法表
乘法表
cheng2 fa3 biao3
- multiplication table
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乘法逆
乘法逆
cheng2 fa3 ni4
- multiplicative inverse (math.)
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乘方
乘方
cheng2 fang1
- to square a number; to calculate the square
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乘风
乘風
cheng2 feng1
- to ride the wind; to use a fair wind; to take an opportunity
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乘风破浪
乘風破浪
cheng2 feng1 po4 lang4
- to brave the wind and the billows (idiom); to have high ambitions
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乘号
乘號
cheng2 hao4
- multiplication sign (math.)
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乘鹤
乘鶴
cheng2 he4
- to fly on a crane; to die
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乘火打劫
乘火打劫
cheng2 huo3 da3 jie2
- to take advantage of sb's misfortune; to loot
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乘机
乘機
cheng2 ji1
- to take the opportunity; to take a plane
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乘积
乘積
cheng2 ji1
- product (result of multiplication)
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乘坚策肥
乘堅策肥
cheng2 jian1 ce4 fei2
- to live in luxury; lit. to ride a solid carriage pulled by fat horses
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乘警
乘警
cheng2 jing3
- police on trains; train marshal
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乘客
乘客
cheng2 ke4
- passenger
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乘凉
乘涼
cheng2 liang2
- to cool off in the shade
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乘龙
乘龍
cheng2 long2
- to ride the dragon; to die (of emperors and kings)
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乘龙快婿
乘龍快婿
cheng2 long2 kuai4 xu4
- ideal son-in-law
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乘幂
乘冪
cheng2 mi4
- the power of a number (square, cube etc); to exponentiate (math.)
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乘人不备
乘人不備
cheng2 ren2 bu4 bei4
- to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom); to take sb by surprise
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乘人之危
乘人之危
cheng2 ren2 zhi1 wei1
- to take advantage of sb's precarious position
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乘胜
乘勝
cheng2 sheng4
- to follow up a victory; to pursue retreating enemy
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乘胜追击
乘勝追擊
cheng2 sheng4 zhui1 ji1
- to follow up a victory and press home the attack; to pursue retreating enemy
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乘势
乘勢
cheng2 shi4
- to seize the opportunity; to strike while the iron is hot
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乘数
乘數
cheng2 shu4
- multiplier
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乘务
乘務
cheng2 wu4
- service (on a train, a plane etc)
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乘务员
乘務員
cheng2 wu4 yuan2
- attendant on an airplane, train, boat etc
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乘隙
乘隙
cheng2 xi4
- to seize an opportunity; to exploit (a loophole)
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乘兴
乘興
cheng2 xing4
- while in high spirits; feeling upbeat; on an impulse
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乘虚
乘虛
cheng2 xu1
- to take advantage of weakness
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乘虚而入
乘虛而入
cheng2 xu1 er2 ru4
- to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse
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乘以
乘以
cheng2 yi3
- (math.) multiplied with
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乘用车
乘用車
cheng2 yong4 che1
- passenger vehicle
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乘坐
乘坐
cheng2 zuo4
- to ride (in a vehicle)
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搭乘
搭乘
da1 cheng2
- to ride as a passenger; to travel by (car, plane etc)
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大乘
大乘
da4 sheng4
- Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. 
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大树底下好乘凉
大樹底下好乘涼
da4 shu4 di3 xia4 hao3 cheng2 liang2
- lit. under a big tree the shade is plentiful (idiom); fig. to benefit by proximity to an influential person
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共乘
共乘
gong4 cheng2
- to ride together; to carpool
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换乘
換乘
huan4 cheng2
- to change train (plane, bus etc); transfer between modes of transport
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加减乘除
加減乘除
jia1 jian3 cheng2 chu2
- four rules of arithmetic; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
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阶乘
階乘
jie1 cheng2
- the factorial of a number, e.g. 5! = 5.4.3.2.1 = 120
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九九乘法表
九九乘法表
jiu3 jiu3 cheng2 fa3 biao3
- multiplication table
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空乘
空乘
kong1 cheng2
- flight attendant; on-board service
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枚乘
枚乘
mei2 cheng2
- Mei Cheng (-c. 140 BC), Han dynasty poet
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女乘务员
女乘務員
nv3 cheng2 wu4 yuan2
- stewardess; female flight attendant
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前人栽树,后人乘凉
前人栽樹,後人乘涼
qian2 ren2 zai1 shu4 - hou4 ren2 cheng2 liang2
- to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors. (idiom)
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上乘
上乘
shang4 cheng2
- first-class; best quality; also pr. 
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试乘
試乘
shi4 cheng2
- test drive
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相乘
相乘
xiang1 cheng2
- to multiply (math.); multiplication
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小乘
小乘
xiao3 sheng4
- Hinayana, the Lesser Vehicle; Buddhism in India before the Mayahana sutras; also pr. 
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因利乘便
因利乘便
yin1 li4 cheng2 bian4
- (idiom) to rely on the most favorable method
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有机可乘
有機可乘
you3 ji1 ke3 cheng2
- to have an opportunity that one can exploit (idiom)
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转乘
轉乘
zhuan3 cheng2
- to transfer; to change trains, buses etc
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最小二乘
最小二乘
zui4 xiao3 er4 cheng2
- least square (estimate)