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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

串 [chuàn]
  1. 1. verb [连贯] string … together
    她把珍珠串了起来。
    She strung the pearls together.
  2. 2. verb [勾结] conspire
  3. 3. verb [指信号] get mixed up
    电视串台了。
    The TV channels were all mixed up.
    电话串线了。
    There was a crossed line.
  4. 4. verb [走动] drop by
    他爱来我家串门。
    He likes to drop by my place.
  5. 5. verb [担任角色] act
  6. 6. measure word bunch
    两串钥匙
    two bunches of keys
    一串珍珠
    a string of pearls

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

串 [chuàn]
  1. 1. verb string together; thread
    把鱼串起来
    string the fish together
  2. 2. verb conspire; gang up
    串通
    gang up; collaborate; collude
  3. 3. verb get things mixed up
    电话串线
    get the (telephone) lines crossed
    （收音机）串台
    get two or more (radio) stations at once
  4. 4. verb go from place to place; run about; rove
    到处乱串
    run about aimlessly
    串亲戚
    go visiting one's relatives
  5. 5. verb play a part (in a play); act
    客串
    (of an amateur singer, actor, etc.) play a part in a professional performance; be a guest performer
  6. 6. measure word string; bunch; cluster; trail (used for a string of things)
    一串珠子
    a string of beads
    一串钥匙
    a bunch of keys
    一串葡萄
    a cluster of grapes

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

串 [chuàn]
  1. 1. 动 把事物逐个连贯起来，成为整体
    把这些生活片断串成一个情节完整的故事
  2. 2. 名 连贯而成的物品
    珠宝串儿
    羊肉串儿
    钱串子
  3. 3. 量 用于连贯在一起的东西
    一串项链
    两串糖葫芦
  4. 4. 动 勾结配合(含贬义)
    串供
    串通
  5. 5. 动 戏曲中指扮演角色
    反串小生
    客串
  6. 6. 动 从这里到那里走动
    到处乱串
    走街串巷
  7. 7. 动 错乱地连接
    电话串线
    看书老串行
  8. 8. 动 指不同的东西混杂在一起而改变了原来的特点
    串味儿
    串种
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Examples

串亲戚
go visiting one's relatives
春节期间人们相互串亲戚。
Relatives visit or call eachother during Spring Festival.
一连串问题
a series of questions
他们把一些电影片段串接在一起，非常好玩。
They strung together some movie fragments and found it very interesting.
他制作的这个串铃声音清脆悦耳。
This string of bells he made sounds very clear and melodious.
逢年过节，我们都会串亲访友。
We go to visit our relatives at every festival.
例举了一连串不容否认的事实。
白水晶碎花儿串珠手链。
穿那么漂亮，串亲戚去呀？
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Character Decomposition

吕
[Lǚ]		 + 丨
[gǔn,shù]

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