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The word "赶快" is formed through the conceptual fusion of its two component characters: "赶" (gǎn), which carries the core idea of rushing or hastening to do something, and "快" (kuài), which means fast or quick. They are combined not merely additively, but interactively, where "赶" provides the context of urgent action and "快" intensifies the required speed and immediacy of that action. The result is a single, unified concept that encapsulates the idea of acting with promptness and hurried diligence, where the sense of haste from the first character is qualitatively defined and amplified by the swiftness of the second.

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我们赶快走吧。

Wǒmen gǎnkuài zǒu ba.

Let's hurry up and go.

赶快跑回家。

Tā gǎnkuài pǎo huí jiā.

He quickly ran home.

妈妈叫我赶快吃饭。

Māma jiào wǒ gǎnkuài chīfàn.

Mom told me to eat quickly.

为了不迟到,他赶快出发了。

Wèile bù chídào, tā gǎnkuài chūfā le.

In order not to be late, he set off quickly.

看到天气变坏,我们赶快找了个地方躲雨。

Kàndào tiānqì biàn huài, wǒmen gǎnkuài zhǎo le gè dìfang duǒ yǔ.

Seeing the weather turning bad, we quickly found a place to shelter from the rain.

Word Definition - 赶快

gǎn kuài quickly; at once

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