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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

灌输 [guànshū]
  1. 1. verb [输水] divert water
  2. 2. verb [知识] indoctrinate
    有人向他灌输迷信思想。
    Someone indoctrinated him with superstitious beliefs.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

灌输 [guànshū]
  1. 1. divert running water for use elsewhere
  2. 2. instil into; inculcate; imbue with; implant
    给学生灌输爱国思想
    instil patriotism into the students
    向农民灌输科学知识
    imbue the peasants with scientific knowledge

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

灌输 [guànshū]
  1. 1. 把水或其他液体引到需要的地方。
  2. 2. 比喻传播、输送(思想、知识等)
    灌输新思想

Examples

给学生灌输爱国思想
instil patriotism into the students
灌输
pound sense into him
向他灌输理智
to hammer an idea into sb {or} across to sb
反复地向某人灌输一个观点
The teacher drilled Chinese idioms into their heads.
老师将汉语成语灌输到他们的头脑中。
She had been beaten into submission from the time she was a baby.
她从婴孩时起就一直被灌输谦卑屈服的意识。

Collocations

灌输思想
to indoctrinate ideology
强行灌输
to indoctrinate by force
道德灌输
to indoctrinate morals
进行灌输
to indoctrinate
灌输
to instill

Word Decomposition


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[shū]

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