Definition
冲散 is a resultative verb compound meaning 'to break up, scatter, or disperse' — the 冲 (chōng, 'rush/charge') gives the manner, and 散 (sàn, 'scatter') gives the result. You use it when a force (wind, water, a crowd, or military action) causes a group or mass to separate and lose cohesion. It's transitive: the subject is the dispersing force, and the object is what gets scattered.
r.v.
to break upscatterdisperse (a group, crowd, or mass)
Examples
- 冲散。Dà fēng bǎ rénqún chōng le.The strong wind scattered the crowd.
- 冲散。Jǐngchá yòng gāoyā shuǐqiāng chōng le shìwēizhě.The police used high-pressure water cannons to disperse the protesters.
- 冲散。Hóngshuǐ chōng le cūnzhuāng de fángwū.The flood scattered the houses of the village.
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