窜 (竄)
cuàn
Pinyin

Definition

窜 (竄)
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cuàn
  1. to flee
  2. to scuttle
  3. to exile or banish
  4. to amend or edit

Character Decomposition

Related Words (10)

逃窜
táo cuàn
  1. 1 to run away
  2. 2 to flee in disarray
乱窜
luàn cuàn
  1. 1 to flee in disarray
  2. 2 to scatter
流窜
liú cuàn
  1. 1 to roam all over the place
  2. 2 to go into every nook and corner
  3. 3 to infiltrate
  4. 4 (of criminals, enemies etc) to be on the run
  5. 5 to flee and try to hide
窜
cuàn
  1. 1 to flee
  2. 2 to scuttle
  3. 3 to exile or banish
  4. 4 to amend or edit
窜红
cuàn hóng
  1. 1 to become suddenly popular
  2. 2 suddenly all the rage

Idioms (1)

抱头鼠窜
bào tóu shǔ cuàn
  1. 1 to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously

Sample Sentences

经过了一条走廊，一道铁门，黑影突然窜入了一个房间。李探长赶紧跟了进去。
jīngguò le yī tiáo zǒuláng ，yī dào tiěmén ，hēiyǐng tūrán cuàn rù le yī ge fángjiān 。Lǐ tànzhǎng gǎnjǐn gēn le jìnqù 。
After passing through a hallway and an iron gate, the shadow suddenly darted into a room. Detective Li quickly followed it inside.
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谁知，孙悟空从唐僧背后窜出，一棒子打在那老婆婆头上。
shéi zhī ，Sūn Wùkōng cóng Táng Sēng bèihòu cuàn chū ，yībàngzi dǎ zài nà lǎopópo tóu shàng 。
Out of nowhere, Monkey scurried out from behind Tang Seng and hit the old woman on the head with his staff.
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