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赶上

gǎn shàng

HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 趕上

赶上 (gǎn shàng) means "to keep up with; to catch up with; to overtake". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 赶上 means

1. to keep up with
2. to catch up with
3. to overtake
4. to chance upon
5. in time for

The characters in 赶上

• 赶gǎnto overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc)
• 上shàng(bound form) up; upper; above; previous; first (of multiple parts); to climb…

Example sentences

• 赶上时髦
  Gǎnshàng shímáo
  Get with it.
• 她赶上了巴士。
  She was in time for the bus.
• 我没赶上火车。
  I didn't catch the train.
• 他能赶上火车吗？
  Will he be able to catch the train?
• 他们没赶上火车。
  They missed the train.
• 你将无法赶上火车。
  You will not be able to catch the train.

Words containing 赶上

• 迎头赶上yíng tóu gǎn shàngto try hard to catch up

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