He broke into a house.
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闯
Traditional: 闖
chuǎng
HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 5
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chuǎng · cong2 (Jyutping)
- to rush
- to charge
- to dash
- to break through
- to temper oneself (through battling hardships)
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
They broke into the jewelry shop.
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