闖	797C15   52B.00-5	部居	畫數  18	ㄔㄨㄤˇ [chuang3]  (AC also ㄔㄣˋ [chen4] ).
V	(1)  To rush in by force or improperly, to roam about: 闖進去 break into room against rules; 闖大運 take great risks for some fortune; 闖婚作 formerly, rush into marriage without consulting astrologers; 闖光棍 a ne'er-do-well; 闖江湖 to make a living from town to town (as boxers, like Western circuses). (2)  To collide: 闖禍 [chuang3huo4]↓ (related 撞 10A.11). (3)  To learn by some hard knocks: 闖出膽兒來了 gain courage by experience; 闖鍊 [chuang3lian4]↓.
Words	1.闖禍 [chuang4huo4], (sp. pr. [chuang4chuang3]), v. i., to get into a serious accident (in driving, by political mistake).  2.闖鍊 [chuang3lian4], v. i., gain experience from real life.  3.闖喪 [chuang4sang1], v. i., (sl. abusive) to roam about, (“run into s.o.’s funeral”).  4.闖子 [chuang3zi0], n., (coll.) a ruffian.