关进 (guān jìn) — to lock up, to confine, to shut in (a person or animal)
Definition
Separable verb: 关 + 进, meaning 'to lock/shut [someone] into' a place (prison, cage, room). The example 把猫∼笼子里 shows the split with 把.
verb
to lock upto confineto shut in (a person or animal)
Examples
- 关进。Jǐng chá bǎ fàn zuì xián yí rén guān jìn le jiān yù.The police locked the suspect in prison.
- ，。Zhè ge mén hǎo jǐn, wǒ guān bú jìn qù.This door is very tight — I can't shut it completely.
- 关进。Nǐ shì shì kàn néng bù néng bǎ māo guān jìn lóng zi lǐ.Try to see if you can lock the cat in the cage.
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