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- to sideswipe (a car etc)
- to generate (sparks) by striking a flint; (fig.) to produce (sth novel) through interaction
Trad. 撞機
- (of an airplane) to collide (with another plane midair)
- to crash
Trad. 撞車
- to crash (into another car)
- (fig.) (of opinions, schedules etc) to clash
- (of subject matter) to be the same
- to encounter a ghost or supernatural being
- (coll.) to experience sth strange, eerie or unlucky
- collisional orogeny
- mountain building as a result of continents colliding
Trad. 小鹿亂撞
- fig. restless, because of fear or strong emotions
Trad. 招搖撞騙
- (idiom) to dupe people by passing oneself off as a well-connected individual or a figure of authority
Trad. 誤打誤撞
- accidentally
- to act before thinking
Trad. 橫衝直撞
- (idiom) to barge through, jostling and elbowing; to charge around; to rampage
- clash that leaves both sides shattered
Trad. 單方過失碰撞
- collision in which only one party is at fault
Trad. 擇日不如撞日
- lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom)
- fig. seize the occasion
Trad. 撞擊式印表機
- impact printer
Trad. 撞擊式打印機
- (computing) impact printer
Trad. 大型強子對撞機
- Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Trad. 不撞南牆不回頭
- to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
Trad. 做一天和尚撞一天鐘
- lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
- fig. to do one's job mechanically
- to hold a position passively
Trad. 當一天和尚撞一天鐘
- see 做一天和尚撞一天鐘|做一天和尚撞一天钟[zuo4 yi1 tian1 he2 shang5 zhuang4 yi1 tian1 zhong1]