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闯 (闖)

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  • [chuǎng]
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

闯 [chuǎng]
  1. 1. verb [冲] rush
  2. 2. verb [磨炼] steel oneself
  3. 3. verb [惹] stir … up
    闯祸
    cause trouble

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

闯 [chuǎng]
  1. 1. verb rush; dash; charge
    闯进来
    rush in; break in; force one's way in
    你初来乍到，不要乱闯。
    刚刚是谁带头闯进来的？
  2. 2. verb temper oneself (by battling through difficulties and dangers); venture out into the world
    他是自己闯出来的。
    He has hewed out his path on his own.
    我们必须闯出一条新路子。
    We must break a new path.
    我们应该有敢闯敢干的精神。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

闯 [chuǎng]
  1. 1. 动 猛冲，勇猛向前
    拼命往外闯
    横冲直闯
    闯劲
  2. 2. 动 四处奔走活动
    年轻人应该到外边闯一闯
    走南闯北
    闯荡
  3. 3. 动 (因鲁莽或疏忽大意而)招来
    闯祸
    闯乱子
  4. 4. 统读ｃｈｕǎｎɡ,不读ｃｈｕàｎɡ
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Examples

闯进来
rush in; break in; force one's way in → 闯
他是自己闯出来的。
He has hewed out his path on his own. → 闯
让青年人到社会上去闯练闯练。
Let young people temper themselves in society. → 闯练
我国远洋渔业破浪闯天下。 → 破浪
他想到外面的世界闯一闯。 → 世界
你闯了天大的祸了。 → 天大
今天早上那只调皮的小猫又在书房闯了祸。 → 调皮
刚刚是谁带头闯进来的？ → 闯
年轻人要有创大业、闯天下的大志。 → 大业
即使是鬼门关，我也要闯一闯。 → 鬼门关
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Character Decomposition

门
[mén]		 + 马
[mǎ]

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