闯

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

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A horse 马 charging through a gate 门

Components 门马

rush · Heisig RSH #2907

门 gate + 马 horse

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
走南闯北	zǒu nán chuǎng běi	to travel extensively
闯出名堂	chuǎng chū míng tang	to make a name for oneself
闯空门	chuǎng kōng mén	to break into a home when no one is there (to steal)
横冲直闯	héng chōng zhí chuǎng	see 橫衝直撞\|横冲直撞[heng2 chong1 zhi2 zhuang4]
闯红灯	chuǎng hóng dēng	to run a red light; failing to stop at a red traffic light; (slang) to have sex with a gir…
闯荡江湖	chuǎng dàng jiāng hú	to travel around the country
闯王陵	Chuǎng Wáng líng	mausoleum to the late-Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成[Li3 Ze4 cheng2], nicknamed …
闯卡	chuǎng kǎ	to force one's way through a checkpoint (without authorization or stopping)
闯过	chuǎng guò	to crash one's way through
闯关	chuǎng guān	to crash through a barrier
闯入	chuǎng rù	to intrude; to charge in; to gate-crash
闯王	Chuǎng Wáng	Chuangwang or Roaming King, adopted name of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成 …
闯进	chuǎng jìn	to burst in
私闯	sī chuǎng	to enter (a place) without permission; to intrude into
闯荡	chuǎng dàng	to leave home to make one's way in the world; to leave the life one knows to seek success
闯祸	chuǎng huò	to cause an accident; to make trouble; to get into trouble
擅闯	shàn chuǎng	to enter without permission; to trespass