插播
chā bō
Pinyin

Definition

插播
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chā bō
  1. to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc
  2. to put a call on hold

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
播
bō
  1. 1 to sow
  2. 2 to scatter
  3. 3 to spread
  4. 4 to broadcast
  5. 5 Taiwan pr. [bò]
直播
zhí bō
  1. 1 live broadcast (not recorded)
  2. 2 direct Internet broadcasting
  3. 3 (agriculture) direct seeding
主播
zhǔ bō
  1. 1 anchor (TV)
传播
chuán bō
  1. 1 to disseminate
  2. 2 to propagate
  3. 3 to spread
广播
guǎng bō
  1. 1 broadcast
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 broadcasting
  4. 4 to broadcast
  5. 5 (formal) to propagate
  6. 6 to publicize
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
播出
bō chū
  1. 1 to broadcast
  2. 2 to air (a TV program etc)
播报
bō bào
  1. 1 to announce
  2. 2 to read (the news)
播撒
bō sǎ
  1. 1 to sow (seeds)
  2. 2 to scatter
播放
bō fàng
  1. 1 to broadcast
  2. 2 to transmit
播种
bō zhǒng
  1. 1 to sow seeds
  2. 2 sowing
  3. 3 seed

Idioms (6)

传播四方
chuán bō sì fāng
  1. 1 to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
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

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