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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

插杠子 [chāgàngzi]
  1. 1. poke one's nose into somebody's business; meddle; butt in
    别到处插杠子!
    Don't poke your nose in everybody's business.
    我没想到他会在我们中间插杠子
    Little did I imagine that he would try to drive a wedge between us.
    要是没人插杠子,这事应该很顺利的。
    计划都做好了,就怕被人半路插杠子

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

插杠子 [chāgàngzi]
  1. 1. 比喻中途介入或干预某事(多含贬义)
    不要在别人已经做的工作中插杠子
    他突然插一杠子,把我的思路打乱了

Examples

他说个没完,别人半句话也插不进。
He talked on and on and nobody else could get a word in.
别到处插杠子!
Don't poke your nose in everybody's business. 插杠子
我没想到他会在我们中间插杠子
Little did I imagine that he would try to drive a wedge between us. 插杠子
这时老张插了话,补充了一些新例子。
At this point Lao Zhang chipped in with some fresh examples. 插话
从敌军配备弱的地方插进去
thrust in where the enemy deployment is weak 配备
这种电话的使用方法是,先插电话卡,再拨号。
他们整日形影不离,旁人很难插进来。
要是没人插杠子,这事应该很顺利的。 插杠子
计划都做好了,就怕被人半路插杠子 插杠子
桌子上有插座,可以插电源。 插座

Word Decomposition


[chā]
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[gàng]
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[zǐ]

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