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赶

gǎn · gan

Traditional 趕

HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. to overtake; to catch up with
  2. to hurry; to rush
  3. to try to catch (the bus etc)
  4. to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away
  5. to avail oneself of (an opportunity)
  6. until; by (a certain time)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)匆(cōng)忙(máng)赶(gǎn)去(qù)车(chē)站(zhàn)，以(yǐ)免(miǎn)错(cuò)过(guò)火(huǒ)车(chē)。

She hurried to the station so that she wouldn't miss the train.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by sundown · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)得(děi)赶(gǎn)在(zài)天(tiān)黑(hēi)前(qián)回(huí)到(dào)家(jiā)。

We need to hurry back home before it gets dark.

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