Entry
  1. to rush over

    trad. 趕來

Also written 趕來【gǎn lái】

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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)

Pinyin
gǎn
Traditional
Strokes
10
Frequency
2694 of 2500
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

to come, (used as a substitute for a more specific verb), hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]), ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]), for the past (amount of time), (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]), (between two verbs) in order to, (after a round number) approximately, (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])

Pinyin
lái
Traditional
Strokes
7
Frequency
33 of 2500