Chinese Notes

撞 zhuàng

zhuàng verb to knock against; to bump into; to collide
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 碰击, for example, 撞车 car collision (CC-CEDICT '撞'; Guoyu '撞' v 2; Kroll 2015 '撞' 1, p. 622; Unihan '撞')
zhuàng verb to meet by coincidence
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 撞见 (CC-CEDICT '撞'; Guoyu '撞' v 4)
zhuàng verb to dispute; to jostle
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 争执 (Guoyu '撞' v 3; Kroll 2015 '撞' 1a, p. 622)
zhuàng verb to strike
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 敲打, for example 撞钟 strike a bell (Guoyu '撞' v 1; Kroll 2015 '撞' 1b, p. 622)

Contained in

莽撞 rude and impetuous
猛撞 to slam (into); to smash (into)
误打误撞(誤打誤撞) accidentally; to act before thinking
横冲直撞(橫衝直撞) dashing horizontally and colliding straight on
撞烂(撞爛) to destroy by smashing; smashed up
撞锁(撞鎖) lock
撞衫 to wear the same outfit as somebody else (in public)
撞击式印表机(撞擊式印表機) impact printer
撞脸(撞臉) to look alike; to be a spitting image of
撞击坑(撞擊坑) impact crater
白撞 (car) accident where the driver is not held responsible
撞伤(撞傷) bruise; bump
撞骗(撞騙) to swindle
单方过失碰撞(單方過失碰撞) collision in which only one party is at fault
撞机(撞機) plane crash
撞死 to knock down and kill with a car; to run over; to run down
经撞(經撞) shock-resistant
反撞 recoil (of a gun)
碰撞造山 collisional orogeny; mountain building as a result of continents colliding
不撞南墙不回头(不撞南牆不回頭) to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas
对撞(對撞) to collide
撞击式打印机(撞擊式打印機) impact printer
小鹿乱撞(小鹿亂撞) fig. restless, because of fear or strong emotions
相碰撞 to collide with one another
碰撞 to collide
跌跌撞撞 to stagger along
撞针(撞針) firing pin
撞倒 to knock down; to knock over; to run over (sb)
撞车(撞車) to crash (into another car); (fig.) (of opinions, schedules etc) to clash; (of subject matter) to be the same
大型强子对撞机(大型強子對撞機) Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
撞击(撞擊) to strike; to hit; to ram
撞球 cue sports; billiard
顶撞(頂撞) to contradict (elders or superiors)
撞运气(撞運氣) to try one's luck; to rely on fate
招摇撞骗(招搖撞騙) to brag and swindle
对撞机(對撞機) a particle collider
做一天和尚撞一天钟(做一天和尚撞一天鐘) as a monk for today, toll today's bell; to do one's job mechanically; to hold a position passively
火星撞地球 clash that leaves both sides shattered
撞大运(撞大運) to have a lucky stroke; to try one's luck
撞毁(撞毀) to smash
相撞 collision; crash; to crash together; to collide with; to bump into
冲撞(衝撞) to collide
撞见(撞見) to meet by accident

Also contained in

做一日和尚撞一天钟

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Truncated for common words

第八十六回 Chapter 86 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 13
第八十八回 Chapter 88 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 10
第二十三回 Chapter 23 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 10
第十六回 Chapter 16 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 10
第二回 Chapter 60 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 7
第十二回 Chapter 12 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 7
第八十九回 Chapter 89 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 7
第八十四回 Chapter 84 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 7
第三十二回 Chapter 32 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 6
第七十三回 Chapter 73 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 6

Collocations

撞钟 (撞鐘) 撞鍾舞女 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 23
撞黄 (撞黃) 天子將出則撞黃鐘 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十下班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 — count: 16
撞蕤 (撞蕤) 撞蕤賓之鐘 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十下班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 — count: 10
令撞 (令撞) 大樂正令撞黃鍾之鍾 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百十四志第六十七禮十七 Volume 114 Treatises 67: Rites 17 — count: 10
撞千 (撞千) 撞千石之鐘 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 5
撞景 (撞景) 撞景鐘 — History of Song 宋史, 卷三十本紀第三十高宗七 Volume 30 Annals 30: Gaozong 7 — count: 4
撞竿 (撞竿) 以撞竿 — History of Song 宋史, 卷二百六十四列傳第二十三薛居正沈倫盧多遜宋琪宋雄 Volume 264 Biographies 23: Xue Juzheng, Shen Lun, Lu Duoxun, Song Qi, Song Xiong — count: 4
撞大 (撞大) 乃使始為之撞大鐘 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷八　本經訓 Chapter 8: Base Warp — count: 4
正撞 (正撞) 樂正撞黃鍾之鍾 — History of Song 宋史, 卷一百十一志第六十四禮十四 Volume 111 Treatises 64: Rites 14 — count: 4
撞白 (撞白) 撞白鐘 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷五　時則訓 Chapter 5: Seasonal Standards — count: 3