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仓促

cāngcù

hasty; rushed

A person hurriedly stuffs clothes into an overfull suitcase
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Characters in this word

仓 cāng

Strokes
4
Radical
人 — man, person
Made of
人 man, person 㔾 seal
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 仓

促 cù

Strokes
9
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 足 foot
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 促

Example phrases

  • 由于方案仓促出台,执行细则里留下了不少漏洞。 Yóuyú fāng'àn cāngcù chūtái, zhíxíng xìzé lǐ liúxià le bù shǎo lòudòng. Because the plan was introduced hastily, many loopholes were left in the implementation rules.
  • 时间太仓促,我们没来得及准备礼物。 Shíjiān tài cāngcù, wǒmen méi láidejí zhǔnbèi lǐwù. There was too little time, so we did not manage to prepare a gift.
  • 他仓促地收拾好行李,赶去了火车站。 Tā cāngcù de shōushi hǎo xíngli, gǎn qù le huǒchēzhàn. He packed his luggage in a rush and hurried to the train station.

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