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船到码头，车到站

chuán dào mǎ tóu , chē dào zhàndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
The ship has docked, the carriage has reached the station. / The job is over, it's time to relax. (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

船到碼頭，車到站 船到码头，车到站 [chuan2 dao4 ma3 tou2 , che1 dao4 zhan4] /The ship has docked, the carriage has reached the station./The job is over, it's time to relax. (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 船到碼頭，車到站

  • 船
    chuán

    boat / vessel / ship / CL:條|条[tiáo],艘[sōu],隻|只[zhī]

  • 到
    dào

    to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough

  • 码
    mǎ

    (archaic) agate / (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale / number / (computing) code / (clothing) size / yard (unit of length) / (coll.) kilometers per hour (informal misuse of "yard" to mean kph in speed references) / (coll.) to pile up; to stack / classifier for matters, items, situations etc (esp. when indicating whether they are the same or different, as in 不是一碼事|不是一码事[bù shì yī mǎ shì] "not the same thing") / (Tw, HK) (finance) unit of 25 basis points (i.e. a 0.25% change in interest rate)

  • 头
    tóu

    head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[gè]

    tou

    suffix for nouns

  • 车
    chē

    car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liàng] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159

    jū

    war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)

    Chē

    surname Che

  • 到
    dào

    to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough

  • 站
    zhàn

    station / to stand / to halt / to stop / branch of a company or organization / website

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.