Chinese word

贯穿

Pronunciation

Pinyinguàn chuān

Meaning

  • verbrun through

Example

这条红线贯穿整个展览。zhè tiáo hóng xiàn guàn chuān zhěng gè zhán lǎn

This red line runs through the entire exhibition.

Illustration for 贯穿 (run through)

More examples

他的研究贯穿理论与实践。tā de yán jiū guàn chuān lǐ lùn yǔ shí jiàn

His research runs through theory and practice.

Core concept

A line, force, or idea passes across a whole span and gives it a continuous thread.

Common phrases

  • 贯穿主题思想guàn chuān zhǔ tí sī xiǎng

    run through the main theme

  • 贯穿各个阶段guàn chuān gè gè jiē duàn

    run through each stage

  • 贯穿理论与实践guàn chuān lǐ lùn yǔ shí jiàn

    run through theory and practice

Similar words

穿过chuān guò: Passes through a place or object and comes out on the other side.
通过tōng guò: Carries out an action by using a route or method.
贯通guàn tōng: Connects separate sections or stretches so that they form one continuous passage.

Definition in Chinese

从一端到另一端贯通，也指某种特征、主旨或影响在整体中自始至终保持一致并影响全局cóng yì duān dào lìng yì duān guàn tōng yě zhǐ móu zhǒng tè zhēng zhú zhǐ huò yíng xiǎng zài zhéng tǐ zhōng zì shǐ zhì zhōng bǎo chí yí zhì bìng yíng xiǎng quán jú

Word origin

贯 (guàn, "to string through") + 穿 (chuān, "to pierce") joins the ideas of linking something across a span and passing through an opening, giving the word its physical and extended senses.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, abstract uses often take a theme, style, or influence as subject and a whole text, event, or period as object, rather than a single point.

Other meanings

  • penetrateverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 贯穿性guàn chuān xìngpervasivenessnoun
  • 贯穿始终guàn chuān shǐ zhōngrun through from beginning to endidiom

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