闯入 (chuǎng rù) — to intrude, to break into (a place or situation forcefully or without permission)

Definition

verb
to intrudeto break into (a place or situation forcefully or without permission)

Examples

  • 闯入
    Yǒu rén chuǎng rù le nà jiān kòng fáng zi.
    Someone broke into that empty house.
  • 闯入
    Tā chuǎng rù huì yì shì de shí hou, dà jiā dōu xià le yí tiào.
    When he burst into the meeting room, everyone was startled.
  • 闯入
    Yì zhī yě māo chuǎng rù le chú fáng, dào chù zhǎo chī de.
    A stray cat intruded into the kitchen, looking for food everywhere.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

闯 means rush, and 入 means enter; together they express rushing into a place.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 闖; 闯 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 闖 shows a horse rushing through a gate, which fits the modern sense of dashing; the simplified 闯 is a later shorthand.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

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