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串

chuàn

Definition

skewer
to string together
to skewer
to connect wrongly
to gang up
to rove
string
bunch
classifier (for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of)
measure word
to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus)
to move across

Character Decomposition

Compounds (1)

to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry

Related words (33)

to go from village to village (like an itinerant artist)

to collude to fabricate a story

serial port (computing)

identification number; IMEI

to become tainted with the smell of sth else; to pick up an odor

to leave one's post during working hours

to exchange; to change; to swap

to cook on a skewer; barbecued food on a skewer; shish kebab

to get the lines crossed

to establish ties or contact; in series connection (electricity)

series; serial (computer)

to miss a line; to confuse two lines

to conspire

to collude; to collaborate; to gang up

to call on sb; to drop in; to visit sb's home

crosstalk; to overhear

chuàn chǔ lǐ

string processing (computing)

chuàn xíng kǒu

serial port (computing)

串行點陣打印機

chuàn xíng diǎn zhèn dǎ yìn jī

serial dot matrix printer

(Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty; (modern) to play a transvestite role; to masquerade as an opponent

character string

amateur player in theater; guest performer (in a show); guest appearance (in film credits)

cluster; bunch

string (as in 'character string')

to pierce through; to string together

repeated; a series of (accidents)

string of cash

yī lián chuàn

a chain of (events, errors, jobs, problems, successes etc); a succession of (disasters); a series; a row (of stores)

string (computer science)

yáng ròu chuàn

lamb kebab

qián chuàn zi

string of cash

tè bié kè chuàn

special guest performer (in a show); special guest appearance (in film credits)

Idioms (2)

chuàn qīn fǎng yǒu

to call on friends and relations (idiom)

chuàn tōng yī qì

to act in collusion (idiom)

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