赶上

• 拼音: gǎn shàng
• 汉字拆解: 赶 = 走 (walk) + 干 (phonetic); 上 = directional complement meaning 'to reach' or 'to encounter'

含义

To catch up with; to make it in time; to encounter; to experience. Can mean reaching something or coincidentally experiencing something.

Has two main uses: 1) Successfully catching or reaching (赶上火车 catch the train, 赶上潮流 keep up with trends), opposite of 赶不上. 2) Happening to encounter, often something unfortunate (赶上下雨 happened to encounter rain, 赶上堵车 got caught in traffic). Context determines which meaning applies.

例句

1. 快跑几步，我们还能赶上最后一班地铁。
2. 今天出门运气不好，赶上了百年难遇的大暴雨。
3. 中国改革开放这四十年，正好赶上了全球化的浪潮。

用法指南

语境: transportation, timing, coincidence

语气: descriptive

正确说法

• 我们赶上了最后一班公交车。(We caught the last bus.)
• 正好赶上打折季。(We happened to catch the sale season.)

错误说法

• 把'赶上'和'追上'完全等同 (赶上 can mean catching/reaching OR encountering; 追上 mainly means physically catching up to someone/something)

起源与历史

Resultative complement structure: 赶 (to chase, rush) + 上 (up, reaching). The directional complement indicates successfully achieving the result.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal