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Usage of the character 趕

gǎn
[趕]
  • to overtake; to catch up with
  • to hurry; to rush
  • to try to catch (the bus etc)
  • to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away
  • to avail oneself of (an opportunity)
  • until; by (a certain time)
gǎnmáng
赶忙
[趕忙]
  • to hurry
  • to hasten
  • to make haste
gǎnjí
赶集
[趕集]
  • to go to market
  • to go to a fair
zhuīgǎn
追赶
[追趕]
  • to pursue
  • to chase after
  • to accelerate
  • to catch up with
  • to overtake
gǎnlái
赶来
[趕來]
  • to rush over
gǎnshàng
赶上
[趕上]
  • to keep up with
  • to catch up with
  • to overtake
  • to chance upon
  • in time for
gǎnkuài
赶快
[趕快]
  • quickly; at once
gǎnchū
赶出
[趕出]
  • to drive away
gǎndào
赶到
[趕到]
  • to hurry (to some place)
gǎngōng
赶工
[趕工]
  • to work against the clock
  • to hurry with work to get it done in time
gǎnlù
赶路
[趕路]
  • to hasten on with one's journey
  • to hurry on
gǎnchē
赶车
[趕車]
  • to drive a cart
gǎnjiǎo
赶脚
[趕腳]
  • to work as a carter or porter
  • to transport goods for a living (esp. by donkey)
hōnggǎn
轰赶
[轟趕]
  • to drive away
gǎnpǎo
赶跑
[趕跑]
  • to drive away
  • to force out
  • to repel
qūgǎn
驱赶
[驅趕]
  • to drive (vehicle)
  • to drive out
  • to chase away
  • to herd (people towards a gate)
gǎnzǎo
赶早
[趕早]
  • as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
gǎnkǎo
赶考
[趕考]
  • to go and take an imperial examination
gǎnwǎng
赶往
[趕往]
  • to hurry to (somewhere)
gǎnfù
赶赴
[趕赴]
  • to hurry
  • to rush
gǎnhǎi
赶海
[趕海]
  • (dialect) to gather seafood at the beach while the tide is out; to comb the beach for shellfish, crabs or other marine life
gǎnzǒu
赶走
[趕走]
  • to drive out
  • to turn back
gǎnchāo
赶超
[趕超]
  • to overtake
gǎnyáng
赶羊
[趕羊]
  • to drive sheep
  • to herd sheep
gǎnjǐn
赶紧
[趕緊]
  • hurriedly
  • without delay
gǎnmíngr
赶明儿
[趕明兒]
  • (coll.) some day
  • one of these days
gǎnshímáo
赶时髦
[趕時髦]
  • to keep up with the latest fashion
gǎndéjí
赶得及
[趕得及]
  • there is still time (to do sth)
  • to be able to do sth in time
  • to be able to make it
gǎnbùjí
赶不及
[趕不及]
  • not enough time (to do sth)
  • too late (to do sth)
gǎnshíjiān
赶时间
[趕時間]
  • to be in a hurry
gǎnbùshàng
赶不上
[趕不上]
  • can't keep up with
  • can't catch up with
  • cannot overtake
gǎnlàngtou
赶浪头
[趕浪頭]
  • to follow the trend
yíngtóugǎnshàng
迎头赶上
[迎頭趕上]
  • to try hard to catch up
qūmógǎnguǐ
驱魔赶鬼
[驅魔趕鬼]
  • to exorcise
  • to drive out evil spirits
liúxīnggǎnyuè
流星赶月
[流星趕月]
  • lit. a meteor catching up with the moon
  • swift action (idiom)
gǎnjìnshājué
赶尽杀绝
[趕盡殺絕]
  • to kill to the last one (idiom)
  • to exterminate
  • to eradicate
  • ruthless
gǎn Yīngchāo Měi
赶英超美
[趕英超美]
  • to catch up with England and surpass the USA (economic goal)
nǐzhuīwǒgǎn
你追我赶
[你追我趕]
  • friendly one-upmanship
  • to try to emulate
gǎnyāzishàngjià
赶鸭子上架
[趕鴨子上架]
  • lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom)
  • fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability
gǎnqiánbùgǎnhòu
赶前不赶后
[趕前不趕後]
  • it's better to hurry at the start than to rush later (idiom)
chīshǐdōugǎnbushàngrèhude
吃屎都赶不上热乎的
[吃屎都趕不上熱乎的]
  • lit. if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (idiom)
  • fig. (of a person) too slow; can't keep up