赶路 (gǎn lù) — to hurry on one's way, to press forward on a jo… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A verb-object phrase meaning to hurry along on a journey, often with a destination in mind. Note that 赶 is separable: 赶路 → 赶了一天路, not *赶路了路.

verb

to hurry on one's wayto press forward on a journey

Examples

，赶路。
Tiān kuài hēi le, wǒ men dé gǎn jǐn gǎn lù.
It's getting dark — we need to hurry on our way.
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Tā men gǎn le yì tiān de lù, zhōng yú dào le.
After rushing for a whole day, they finally arrived.
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Bié tíng xià lái xiū xi le, wǒ men hái yào gǎn hěn yuǎn de lù.
Don't stop to rest — we still have a long way to go.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

赶 means hurry and 路 means road, so it means hurrying along the road.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 趕; 赶 is its simplified writing.

走旱趕

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

旱

旱hàn趕gǎn

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 趕 combines 走, for the meaning, and 旱, for the sound; this is about 趕, not 赶.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

各

各gè路lù

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

路 combines 足, a foot, with 各, which supplies the sound.

Appears in

Travel & Tourism

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