Usage of the character 闖

to rush
to charge
to dash
to break through
to temper oneself (through battling hardships)

chuǎngguān

闯关

[闖關]

to crash through a barrier

chuǎngdàng

闯荡

[闖蕩]

to leave home to make one's way in the world
to leave the life one knows to seek success

chuǎnghuò

闯祸

[闖禍]

to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble

chuǎngguò

闯过

[闖過]

to crash one's way through

sīchuǎng

私闯

[私闖]

to enter (a place) without permission
to intrude into

chuǎngrù

闯入

[闖入]

to intrude
to charge in
to gate-crash

Chuǎng Wáng

闯王

[闖王]

Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 (1605-1645)

chuǎngjìn

闯进

[闖進]

to burst in

shànchuǎng

擅闯

[擅闖]

to enter without permission
to trespass

chuǎnghóngdēng

闯红灯

[闖紅燈]

to run a red light
failing to stop at a red traffic light
(slang) to have sex with a girl while she is menstruating

chuǎngguānzhě

闯关者

[闖關者]

person who crashes through a barrier
gate-crasher

chuǎngkōngmén

闯空门

[闖空門]

to break into a house when nobody is home

Chuǎng Wánglíng

闯王陵

[闖王陵]

mausoleum to the late-Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 ( Lǐ Zèchéng), nicknamed Dashing King 闖王／闯王 ( Chuǎng Wáng)

chuǎngdàngjiānghú

闯荡江湖

[闖蕩江湖]

to travel around the country

chuǎngchūmíngtang

闯出名堂

[闖出名堂]

to make a name for oneself

zǒunánchuǎngběi

走南闯北

[走南闖北]

to travel extensively