傳車

Chinese
postal station coach, vehicle
trad. (傳車) 傳 車
simp. (传车) 传 车

Pronunciation

Noun

傳車

  1. (historical) horse-drawn vehicle for transportation between postal stations
    於是秦昭王大說，乃謝王稽，使以傳車召范睢。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    于是秦昭王大说，乃谢王稽，使以传车召范睢。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Yúshì Qín Zhāo Wáng dà yuè, nǎi xiè Wáng Jī, shǐ yǐ zhuànchē zhào Fàn Jū. [Pinyin]
    Thus King Zhao of Qin, much delighted with his words, thanked Wang Ji and asked him to bring Fan Ju to the royal court by the postal coach.
    徒令上將揮神筆，終見降王走傳車。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    徒令上将挥神笔，终见降王走传车。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: 9th century, Li Shangyin, 《籌筆驛》
    Tú lìng shàngjiàng huī shén bǐ, zhōng jiàn xiáng wáng zǒu zhuànjū. [Pinyin]
    In vain the master strategist plotted wisely; a wagon took the captive king away.[note 1]

Notes
  1. The current transliteration of the character 車 in this 律詩／律诗 (lǜshī, “regulated poem”) is based on 叶韻／叶韵 (xiéyùn, “modified pronunciation in rhymed verse to account for phonetic shifts”).
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