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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

插 [chā]
  1. 1. verb insert
    插插销
    insert a plug
    我能不能插一句？
    Can I interrupt just a second?
    他开始插手公司事务。
    He started meddling in the company's affairs.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

插 [chā]
  1. 1. verb stick in; insert
    把插头插上
    insert the plug in a socket; plug in
    把双手插在口袋里
    put one's hands in one's pockets
    把门插上
    bolt the door
    山峰高插入云。
    The peaks penetrate into the clouds.
    班长把红旗插在了高处。
    这种电话的使用方法是，先插电话卡，再拨号。
    这个锁出了问题，钥匙插进去了却转不动。
    一栋栋高楼直插向天空。
  2. 2. verb interpose; insert
    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.
    他们整日形影不离，旁人很难插进来。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

插 [chā]
  1. 1. 动 把细长或薄片状的东西放进或穿入别的物体里
    把花插在花瓶里
    把木牌插在地上
    栽插
  2. 2. 动 中间加进去;加入到里面
    插几句话
    中间插一段独白
    安插
  3. 3. 右边由"千"和"臼"组成,不能把"臼"写成"曰"
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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. → 插
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。 → 插
他们整日形影不离，旁人很难插进来。 → 插
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
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Character Decomposition

扌
[shǒu]		 + 臿

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