Usage of the character 趕
gǎn
赶
[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