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穿行 (chuān xíng) — to go through; to make one's way through (a place, crowd, etc.)

Definition

A verb meaning to make one's way through a space (crowd, forest, narrow street), emphasizing movement across/amid a setting rather than a quick pass-through like 经过.

verb
to go throughto make one's way through (a place, crowd, etc.)

Examples

  • 穿行。
    chuān xíng Zài sēn lín lǐ.
    Go through the forest.
  • 穿行。
    Tā chuān xíng yú rén qún zhī zhōng.
    He made his way through the crowd.
  • 穿行。
    Qì chē chuān xíng zài xiá zhǎi de jiē dào shàng.
    The car drove through the narrow street.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

穿chuānthrough
行xínggo

穿 (through) describes 行 (go), meaning to move through a place.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

穿 puts 穴 (cave) and 牙 (tooth) together to show passing through or penetrating.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 彳彳chì
  • 亍亍chù

The shape of 行 originally showed a street intersection, even on both sides. Later it became uneven, with 彳 on the left and 亍 on the right.

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