赶上
gǎn shàngㄍㄢˇ ㄕㄤˋ
Sino-Vietnamese: CẢN THƯỢNG
Traditional: 趕上
HSK 3.0 · 4TOCFL 3
Meaning(verb)
to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake; to chance upon; in time for
Negative: 赶不上 (can't make it / can't catch up).
Examples
快走，我们还能赶上最后一班车。
kuài zǒu, wǒ men hái néng gǎn shàng zuì hòu yì bān chē.
Hurry, we can still catch the last bus.
他学习很努力，很快就赶上了别的同学。
tā xué xí hěn nǔ lì, hěn kuài jiù gǎn shàng le bié de tóng xué.
He studied hard and soon caught up with the other students.
我们去的时候正好赶上下大雨。
wǒ men qù de shí hòu zhèng hǎo gǎn shàng xià dà yǔ.
We happened to run into a heavy downpour when we went.
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Stroke order
CẢN · 10 strokes
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
THƯỢNG · 3 strokes
used in 上声