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Trad. 趕
- 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)
Trad. 趕上
- to keep up with
- to catch up with
- to overtake
- to chance upon
- in time for
Trad. 趕工
- to work against the clock
- to hurry with work to get it done in time
Trad. 追趕
- to pursue
- to chase after
- to accelerate
- to catch up with
- to overtake
Trad. 趕早
- as soon as possible; at the first opportunity; the sooner the better; before it's too late
Trad. 趕海
- (dialect) to gather seafood at the beach while the tide is out; to comb the beach for shellfish, crabs or other marine life
Trad. 趕腳
- to work as a carter or porter
- to transport goods for a living (esp. by donkey)
Trad. 驅趕
- to drive (vehicle)
- to drive out
- to chase away
- to herd (people towards a gate)
Trad. 趕不上
- can't keep up with
- can't catch up with
- cannot overtake
Trad. 趕不及
- not enough time (to do sth)
- too late (to do sth)
Trad. 趕得及
- to have enough time (to do sth); to be able to make it (in time)
Trad. 你追我趕
- friendly one-upmanship
- to try to emulate
Trad. 趕盡殺絕
- to kill to the last one (idiom)
- to exterminate
- to eradicate
- ruthless
Trad. 趕英超美
- to catch up with England and surpass the USA (economic goal)
Trad. 流星趕月
- lit. a meteor catching up with the moon
- swift action (idiom)
Trad. 驅魔趕鬼
- to exorcise
- to drive out evil spirits
Trad. 趕前不趕後
- it's better to hurry at the start than to rush later (idiom)
Trad. 趕鴨子上架
- lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom)
- fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability
Trad. 吃屎都趕不上熱乎的
- lit. if you were eating warm shit, it'd be stone cold by the time you finished it (saying)
- fig. (of a person) too slow; can't keep up