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
赶
=
干
+
走
:
Guy Fawkes (g) is taking part in a nordic walking (走) marathon. The route leads through the anthill (an3) and inside there are lots of dried fruits (干) in the bar for the walkers. As Guy Fawkes passes through, he hurriedly (赶) prongs a lot of dried fruit onto his nordic walking poles (走) before the bar owner rushes (赶) him out.
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)
趕 character breakdown
drought
to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / from / through / away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走[che4 zou3]) / to change (shape, form, meaning)
走
=
龰
+
土
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Mnemonic symbol: a Nordic walking pole. Zorro (z) is fighting Neanderthal Man (bottom of 龰) in the outhouse's living room (ou3). Neanderthal Man uses his pennant (top of 龰), and Zorro uses a Nordic walking pole (走). Zorro overcomes Neanderthal Man by using a dirty trick: he throws some dirt (土) at Neanderthal Mans face, who is blinded and hurts his foot with his pennant (the pennant pierces his foot: 龰). Just at this moment Zorro uses the opportunity to sedate Neanderthal Man and rams a syringe (龰) into his shoulder.
Characters with 趕 as component
趕
is not used as a component in another character.
Words with 趕
to kill to the last one (idiom) / to exterminate / to eradicate / ruthless
there is still time (to do sth) / to be able to do sth in time / to be able to make it
as soon as possible / at the first opportunity / the sooner the better / before it's too late
it's better to hurry at the start than to rush later (idiom)
Sentences with 趕
趕 currently does not appear in any sentence.