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上车 in Context

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上车

Usage 1 - "to get in a car, on a train, on a bus": 

Sentence:

我要上车。

English:

I want to get in the car.


*Sentence

下雨天,出门就上车,也不怕雨,很方便。

English:

When it's raining you go out and get in your car and never have to worry about getting wet. It's very convenient.

Top-Down Words:  

就 jiù - (grammatical particle) in this case meaning “as soon as” or “right after”.
方便 fāngbiàn - convenient


*Sentence

很多车都不让宠物上车。

English:

Pets aren't allowed on/in a lot of vehicles.

Top-Down Words:  

都 dōu - all, every
宠物 chǒngwù - pet



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jack

top down word 雨

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Jason Pon

很多车都不让宠物上车。

Was a bit thrown off by this one because I thought the subject was cars and the object pets (A lot of cars don't let pets in the car). Though the translation looks to me that Pets are the subject. What am I missing?

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Mandarin Blueprint

Looks like the car is the subject and the 宠物 are the objects.

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MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CxsTdcdcbA&t=1884s

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Jason Pon

下雨天,出门就上车,也不怕雨,很方便。

First time seeing 天 meaning 'when it's...' in 下雨天. Is this just similar to 的时间,当时,among a couple others I've seen?

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Mandarin Blueprint

This just means "rainy day", and I believe it's just narrating what the speaker did that day.

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MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CxsTdcdcbA&t=1828s

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