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跑码头

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Collocation

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跑了一辈子的码头
2
他是跑码头的
3
跑码头的小商贩
4
跑跑码头

Definition

跑码头

Literally means:

travel from port to port

Actually means:

engage in a trade or craft

It means engaging in trade which customarily in volves traveling between cities and towns along the sea, rivers, railways, or highways.

在沿海、沿江河,或铁路、公路沿线的城市或集镇往来做买卖。

Example

Used as predicate or attributive, and it can have other words in between. (作谓语、定语,中间可插入其他词语)
1
pǎo
le
bànbèizi
半辈子
tóu
码头
  
,
zhēng
le
diǎn
qián
hòu
以后
  
,
biàn
便
zài
lǎojiā
老家
kāi
le
jiā
xiǎodiàn
小店
  
,
jiéshù
结束
le
zài
wài
bēn
奔波
de
shēnghuó
生活
  

He ran half his life dock, earned a little money, then opened a small shop in his hometown, ending his life on the run.

2
shì
zuò
shēng
生意
de
  
,
zhí
一直
zài
yánhǎi
沿海
dài
一带
de
chéngshì
城市
pǎo
tóu
码头
  
,
yào
Níng
宁波
zuòshì
做事
  
,
可以
qǐng
gěi
jièshào
介绍
li
那里
de
qíngkuàng
情况
  

He is in business, has been in the coastal area of the city running docks, you want to work in Ningbo, you can ask him to introduce you to the situation there.

3
shì
pǎo
tóu
码头
de
xiǎoshāngfàn
小商贩
  
,
shōu
收入
duō
  
,
yǒu
qián
zài
shànghǎi
上海
mǎi
fángzi
房子
  
?

He is a small trader running the dock, income is not much, which money to buy a house in Shanghai?