插队
chā duì
Pinyin

Definition

插队
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chā duì
  1. to cut in line
  2. to jump a queue
  3. to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

插
chā
  1. 1 to insert
  2. 2 stick in
  3. 3 pierce
  4. 4 to take part in
  5. 5 to interfere
  6. 6 to interpose
插上
chā shang
  1. 1 to plug into
  2. 2 to insert
  3. 3 to stick in
插件
chā jiàn
  1. 1 plug-in (software component)
插入
chā rù
  1. 1 to insert
  2. 2 to stick
  3. 3 to thrust
插图
chā tú
  1. 1 illustration
插座
chā zuò
  1. 1 socket
  2. 2 outlet
插播
chā bō
  1. 1 to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc
  2. 2 to put a call on hold
插曲
chā qǔ
  1. 1 music played during a movie, play etc
  2. 2 incidental music
  3. 3 music played in a theatrical interlude
  4. 4 (fig.) incident
  5. 5 episode
插画
chā huà
  1. 1 illustration
插花
chā huā
  1. 1 flower arranging
  2. 2 ikebana
插足
chā zú
  1. 1 to squeeze in
  2. 2 to step in
  3. 3 to take part
  4. 4 to step between (two persons in a relationship)
插进
chā jìn
  1. 1 to insert
  2. 2 to stick in
  3. 3 to plug in (an electronic device)
插队
chā duì
  1. 1 to cut in line
  2. 2 to jump a queue
  3. 3 to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)
插头
chā tóu
  1. 1 plug
穿插
chuān chā
  1. 1 to insert
  2. 2 to take turns, alternate
  3. 3 to interweave
  4. 4 to interlace
  5. 5 subplot
  6. 6 interlude
  7. 7 episode
  8. 8 (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces
倒插门
dào chā mén
  1. 1 to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
两肋插刀
liǎng lèi chā dāo
  1. 1 lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
即插即用
jí chā jí yòng
  1. 1 plug-and-play
安插
ān chā
  1. 1 to place in a certain position
  2. 2 to assign to a job
  3. 3 to plant
  4. 4 resettlement (old)
抽插
chōu chā
  1. 1 to slide in and out
  2. 2 thrusting

Idioms (5)

两肋插刀
liǎng lèi chā dāo
  1. 1 lit. knifes piercing both sides (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to attach a great importance to friendship, up to the point of being able to sacrifice oneself for it
插科打诨
chā kē dǎ hùn
  1. 1 to include impromptu comic material in opera performance (idiom); to jest
  2. 2 buffoonery
插翅难飞
chā chì nán fēi
  1. 1 lit. even given wings, you couldn't fly (idiom); fig. impossible to escape
无心插柳
wú xīn chā liǔ
  1. 1 (idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated
  2. 2 serendipitous
  3. 3 fortuitous
见缝插针
jiàn fèng chā zhēn
  1. 1 lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch

Sample Sentences

插队的人让我很生气。
chāduì de rén ràng wǒ hěn shēngqì 。
Queue jumpers make me angry.
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我最讨厌人插队了，所以我自个儿不能做这种事，否则我会看不起我自己。
wǒ zuì tǎoyàn rén chāduì le ，suǒyǐ wǒ zìgěr bùnéng zuò zhèzhǒng shì ，fǒuzé wǒ huì kànbuqǐ wǒ zìjǐ 。
I hate it when people cut in line, so I can't do it myself, otherwise I wouldn't respect myself.
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不行，现在过去变成我插队了。
bùxíng ，xiànzài guòqù biànchéng wǒ chāduì le 。
No, if I go over now it would be cutting in line.
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哎，你怎么能插队？
ài ，nǐ zěnme néng chāduì ？
Hey, what are you doing cutting in line?
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车技再好有什么用？如果遇到不懂规则的对手，还是一点办法都没有啊。什么插队啦，转弯不打灯啦，突然来个急刹车啦什么的，这些危险性动作都已经是家常便饭了。
chējì zàihǎo yǒu shénme yòng ？rúguǒ yùdào bù dǒng guīzé de duìshǒu ，háishì yīdiǎnr bànfǎ dōu méiyǒu a 。shénme chāduì la ，zhuǎnwān bù dǎdēng la ，tūrán lái ge jíshāchē la shénme de ，zhèxiē wēixiǎn xìng dòngzuò dōu yǐjīng shì jiāchángbiànfàn le 。
What good does being a good driver do me? If I encounter someone who doesn’t understand the rules, it doesn’t help me at all. Cutting in line, turning without using their turn signal, suddenly slamming on the brakes, and so on; these dangerous things happen all the time.
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以前，我讨厌去银行取钱。因为总是要填很多表格，还要排很长时间的队。有些人还会插队。
yǐqián ，wǒ tǎoyàn qù yínháng qǔqián 。yīnwèi zǒngshì yào tián hěn duō biǎogé ，háiyào pái hěn cháng shíjiān de duì 。yǒuxiērén hái huì chāduì 。
I used to hate going to the bank to withdraw money, because you had to fill in lots of forms and stand in line for a long time. Some people would even cut in line.
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