







drop anchor
break down
The car broke down and we had to get somebody to give us a tow.
The ship lay at anchor two miles off the rocky coast.

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Open the tool →抛锚 (pāo máo) means “drop anchor, break down”.
抛锚 is pronounced pāo máo in Mandarin Chinese.
“drop anchor” is 抛锚 (pāo máo) in Chinese.
This page has 2 example sentences using 抛锚, each with pinyin and an English translation.